A preliminary investigation of the effects of gender and race on voice onset time

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 642-645

  Ryalls, John ^a   Zipprer, Allison ^a   Baldauff, Penelope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Caucasian; Gender; Race; Voice onset time

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSONANT; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NEGRO; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DISORDER; UNITED STATES; VOICE; VOWEL;

EID: 0030787012     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4003.642     Document Type: Article

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