Relationship between subjective voice complaints and acoustic parameters in female teachers' voices

Journal of Voice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 484-495

  Rantala, Leena ^a   Vilkman, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Female voice disorders; Field study; Fundamental frequency; Perturbation; Teachers' voices

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND TRANSMISSION; TEACHER; VOICE;

EID: 0033435125     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(99)80004-6     Document Type: Article

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