Acoustic measures of dysphonic severity across and within voice types

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 292-299

  Wolfe, Virginia ^a   Fitch, James ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY AT MONTGOMERY   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic measures; Dysphonic severity; Noise to harmonic ratio; Voice type

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; SPEECH; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0031300507     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000266469     Document Type: Article

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