Intelligibility and spectral differences in high-pitched vowels

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-10

  Maurer, Dieter ^a   Landis, Theodor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Formant; Fundamental frequency; Perception; Physiology; Vowel

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0029684821     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000266377     Document Type: Article

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