The aged voice: A new hypothesis

Journal of Voice

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 317-325

  Baken, R J ^a,b,c  

^a NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Larynx; Nonlinearity model; Senescence; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HYPOTHESIS; LARYNX MUCOSA; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHONATION; PITCH; SENESCENCE; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VOICE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; LARYNX; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHONATION; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 23644445846     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2004.07.005     Document Type: Article

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