Measuring the neck frequency response function of laryngectomy patients: Implications for the design of electrolarynx devices

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 1035-1047

  Meltzner, Geoffrey S ^a   Kobler, James B ^a,b   Hillman, Robert E ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b MGH INSTITUTE OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC IMPEDANCE; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MICROPHONES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

NECK FREQUENCY RESPONSE FUNCTION;

ACOUSTICS;

MEDICAL APPLICATION;

ACCELERATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSONANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; SOUND; SPEECH REHABILITATION; VOCAL CORD; VOCALIZATION; VOWEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; LIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NECK;

EID: 0042068259     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.1582440     Document Type: Article

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