Multidimensional Scaling of Nasal Voice Quality

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 989-996

  Zraick, Richard I ^a,d   Liss, Julie M ^b   Dorman, Michael F ^b   Case, James L ^b   LaPointe, Leonard L ^b   Beals, Stephen P ^c  

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

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southwest Craniofacial Center   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Multidimensional; Nasality; Perception; Scaling; Voice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DECISION MAKING; ESOPHAGUS SPEECH; HUMAN; PHONETICS; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

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

EID: 0034252736     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4304.989     Document Type: Article

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