Identification of a speaker's sex: a study of vowels

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 579-584

  Whiteside, S P ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHONETICS; SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEX; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

EID: 0032039506     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1998.86.2.579     Document Type: Article

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