Morphology and development of the human vocal tract: A study using magnetic resonance imaging

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 106, Issue 3 I, 1999, Pages 1511-1522

  Fitch, W Tecumseh ^a   Giedd, Jay ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MORPHOLOGY;

VOCAL TRACT MORPHOLOGY;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOUTH CAVITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY CONSTITUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MOUTH; PHARYNX; PHONATION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPEECH;

EID: 0032878792     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.427148     Document Type: Article

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