A Comparison of Equal-Appearing Interval Scaling and Direct Magnitude Estimation of Nasal Voice Quality

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 979-988

  Zraick, Richard I ^a,c   Liss, Julie M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasality; Perception; Scaling; Voice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; HUMAN; PHONETICS; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME; VOICE;

HUMANS; PHONETICS; PILOT PROJECTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH, ALARYNGEAL; TIME FACTORS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0034252351     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4304.979     Document Type: Review

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