Acoustic and perceptual indicators of normal and pathological voice

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 102-114

  Muñoz, Juana ^a,b   Mendoza, E ^a   Fresneda, M D ^a   Carballo, G ^a   Lopez P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Unidad de Excelencia de Química Aplicada a Biomedicina y Medioambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic correlates; Vocal quality

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENERAL PATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; VOICE;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 0037269053     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000070092     Document Type: Article

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