The effect of a 'voice course' on the voices of people with and without pathologies: Preliminary observations

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 63-71

  Amir, Ofer ^a,b   Dukas, Michal ^a   Shnaps Baum, Rachel ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Perceptual evaluation; Voice assessment; Voice course; Voice treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISORDER; SPEECH REHABILITATION; SPEECH THERAPY; TEACHING;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LARYNX; MALE; TEACHING; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 26444517795     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430500233229     Document Type: Article

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