Have women's voices lowered across time? A cross sectional study of Australian women's voices

Journal of Voice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-213

  Pemberton, Cecilia ^a   McCormack, Paul ^a   Russell, Alison ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archival recording; Cross sectional; Speaking fundamental; Women

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PREVALENCE; TIME; VOICE;

EID: 0031778698     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(98)80040-4     Document Type: Article

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