Formant frequency development: 15 to 36 months

Journal of Voice

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 260-266

  Gilbert, Harvey R ^a   Robb, Michael P ^a   Chen, Yang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Development; Formant frequency; Young children

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPEECH ARTICULATION; TONGUE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE;

EID: 0030883089     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(97)80003-3     Document Type: Article

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