Acoustic measurements and perceptual evaluation of hoarseness in children's voices

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-38

  McAllister, Anita ^a   Sundberg, Johan ^b   Hibi, Seishi R ^c  

^a DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amplitude perturbation; Children's voices; Fundamental frequency perturbation; Harmonics to noise ratio; Hoarseness; Perceptual evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142189939     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140154398434310-1     Document Type: Article

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