Measuring the perceptual similarity of pitch contours

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 73-82

  Hermes, Dik J ^a  

^a Institute for Perception Research Eindhoven   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deafness; Intonation display; Similarity; Teaching of intonation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; LANGUAGE; PHONATION; PITCH;

EID: 0031940566     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4101.73     Document Type: Article

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