Formant frequency characteristics of elderly speakers in contextual speech

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-8

  Rastatter, Michael P ^a   McGuire, Richard A ^b   Kalinowski, Joseph ^a   Stuart, Andrew ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Aging; Elderly; Vowel formant

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; VOCAL CORD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SEX FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOCAL CORDS;

EID: 0030625237     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000266431     Document Type: Article

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