Speakers' sex differences in voice onset time: Some preliminary findings

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 459-463

  Whiteside, Sandra P ^a   Irving, Caroline J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b Speech Therapy Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH; VOICE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0031254066     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1997.85.2.459     Document Type: Article

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