Movement of the velum during speech and singing in classically trained singers

Journal of Voice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 212-221

  Austin, Stephen F ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasality; Singing voice; Velopharyngeal port; Voice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; PITCH; SINGING; SOFT PALATE; SPEECH;

EID: 0030995418     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(97)80080-X     Document Type: Article

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