On the linearity of the relationship between the sound pressure level and the negative peak amplitude of the differentiated glottal flow in vowel production

Speech Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 269-281

  Alku, Paavo ^a   Vintturi, Juha ^b   Vilkman, Erkki ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; GRAPH THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PRESSURE; SPEECH;

DIFFERENTIATED GLOTTAL FLOW; SOFT PHONATION; SOUND PRESSURE LEVEL;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032644603     PISSN: 01676393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-6393(99)00020-5     Document Type: Article

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