Perceptual confusions of high-pitched sung vowels

Journal of Voice

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 287-298

  Hollien, Harry ^a   Mendes Schwartz, Ana P ^a   Nielsen, Kenneth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Aural perception; Fundamental frequency; Intelligibility; Singing; Voice; Vowels

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PITCH; SINGING; VOWEL;

EID: 0034047155     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(00)80038-7     Document Type: Article

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