Speech therapy in the management of male-to-female transsexuals

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 220-227

  De Bruin, M D ^a,b   Coerts, M J ^a   Greven, A J ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Articulation; Assessment; Average pitch; Gender dysphonia; Gender Team; Intonation; Resonance; Speech therapy; Transsexuals; Voice change

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TRAINING; TRANSSEXUALISM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION; VOICE;

EID: 0033803080     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000021537     Document Type: Article

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