The aging voice: A review, treatment data and familial and genetic perspectives

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 252-265

  Ramig, Lorraine Olson ^a,b,c   Gray, Steven ^d   Baker, Kristin ^b   Corbin Lewis, Kim ^e   Buder, Eugene ^f   Luschei, Erich ^g   Coon, Hillary ^d   Smith, Marshall ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Denver Center for Performing Arts   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^e UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^g Campus Box 409 ^*

Author keywords

Aging voice; Genetics; Physiologic aging; Voice treatment

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ATROPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 0034917615     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000052680     Document Type: Review

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