Acoustic and Airflow Spectral Analysis of Voice Tremor

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 191-204

  Jiang, Jack ^a   Lin, Emily ^a   Hanson, David G ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Airflow; Amplitude modulation; Parkinson's disease; Spectral analysis; Voice tremor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SPEECH; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0034132715     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4301.191     Document Type: Article

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