Parameterization of the voice source by combining spectral decay and amplitude features of the glottal flow

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 990-1002

  Alku, Paavo ^a   Vilkman, Erkki ^b   Laukkanen, Anne Maria ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Glottal source; Parameterization; Voice production

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; PHONATION; VOICE;

EID: 0031688716     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4105.990     Document Type: Article

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