Spectral changes due to performance environment in singers, nonsingers, and actors

Journal of Voice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-332

  Rothman, Howard B ^a   Brown Jr , W S ^c   LaFond, J Ronald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Performance environment; Professional singers; Singers' formant; Speaking "ring"; Speaking formant; Spectral changes

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RECORDING; SINGING; SOUND; SPECTRUM; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; OCCUPATION; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SOUND DETECTION;

ACOUSTICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PHONATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0036726453     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(02)00104-2     Document Type: Article

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