Application of psychometric theory to the measurement of voice quality using rating scales

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-335

  Shrivastav, Rahul ^a   Sapienza, Christine M ^a   Nandur, Vuday ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Perception (voice); Psychometric theory; Reliability; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; PERCEPTION; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SPEECH ANALYSIS; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VOICE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 22944473670     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2005/022)     Document Type: Article

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