The impact of hormonal fluctuations on female vocal folds

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 180-184

  Amir, Ofer ^a,c   Biron Shental, Tal ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hormones; Larynx; Vocal folds; Voice; Women

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ACOUSTICS; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; LARYNGOGRAPHY; LARYNX; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROBOSCOPE; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBERTY; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 2542498260     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.moo.0000120304.58882.94     Document Type: Review

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