Suitability of acoustic perturbation measures in analysing periodic and nearly periodic voice signals

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 38-47

  Ma, Estella P M ^a   Yiu, Edwin M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dysphonia; Instrumental analysis; Periodicity of voice signals; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VOICE;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PHONATION; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 12444256327     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081960     Document Type: Article

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