Aerodynamic and acoustic characteristics of the adult African American voice

Journal of Voice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 410-416

  Sapienza, Christine M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b 63 Dauer Hall ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Aerodynamic; African American; Voice

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AIRFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEGRO; PHONATION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND PRESSURE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOICE; VOWEL;

EID: 0030693959     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(97)80036-7     Document Type: Article

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