The Effect of Information on Listeners' Attitudes Toward Speakers with Voice or Resonance Disorders

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 782-795

  Lallh, Amarpreet K ^a   Rochet, Anne Putnam ^b  

^a Capital Health Edmonton   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude change; Attitudes; Resonance disorder; Voice disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PALATOPHARYNGEAL INCOMPETENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VELOPHARYNGEAL INSUFFICIENCY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0034201793     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4303.782     Document Type: Article

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