The Dysphonia Severity Index: An Objective Measure of Vocal Quality Based on a Multiparameter Approach

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 796-809

  Wuyts, Floris L ^a,f   De Bodt, Marc S ^a   Molenberghs, Geert ^b   Remacle, Marc ^c   Heylen, Louis ^a   Millet, Benoite ^g   Van Lierde, Kristiane ^d   Raes, Jan ^e   Van De Heyning, Paul H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Acoustic; Index; Voice assessment; Voice quality; Voice range profile

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0034200459     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4303.796     Document Type: Article

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