Standardized laryngeal videostroboscopic rating: Differences between untrained and trained male and female subjects, and effects of varying sound intensity, fundamental frequency, and age

Journal of Voice

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 175-189

  Sulter, Arend M ^a   Schutte, Harm K ^b   Miller, Donald G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Gender; Glottal closure; Larynx; Pitch; Sound intensity; Videostroboscopic ratings; Vocal folds; Vocal training

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNX; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND INTENSITY; STROBOSCOPY; TRAINING; VIDEORECORDING; VOICE;

EID: 0029876899     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(96)80045-2     Document Type: Article

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