Formant frequency analysis of children's spoken and sung vowels using sweeping fundamental frequency production

Journal of Voice

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 570-582

  White, Peta ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Formant frequencies; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; PITCH; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VOWEL;

EID: 0033461808     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(99)80011-3     Document Type: Article

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