Acoustic analysis of voices of patients with neurologic disease: Rationale and preliminary data

Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 164-172

  Ramig, Lorraine A ^a,b   Titze, Ingo R ^b,c   Scherer, Ronald C ^b   Ringel, Steven P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Denver Center for the Performing Arts   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

acoustic analysis; amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Huntington's disease; myotonic muscular dystrophy; neurologic disease; Parkinson's disease; phonation; voice

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHONATION; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; PARKINSON DISEASE; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0023947735     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: 19433572     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348948809700214     Document Type: Article

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