Perturbation and hoarseness: A pilot study of six children's voices

Journal of Voice

Volumn 10, Issue 3 2, 1996, Pages 252-261

  McAllister, Anita ^a   Sederholm, Elisabeth ^a   Ternström, Sten ^b   Sundberg, Johan ^b  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breathiness; Children's voices; Hoarseness; Hyperfunction; Perturbation; Roughness

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSPHONIA; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; VOICE;

EID: 0029815598     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0892-1997(96)80006-3     Document Type: Article

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