Vocal aging and the impact on daily life: A longitudinal study

Journal of Voice

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 193-202

  Verdonck de Leeuw, Irma M ^a   Mahieu, Hans F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acoustical analysis; Aging; Presbyphonia; Psychosocial function; Quality of life; Smoking; Voice quality; Voice range

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SMOKING; SOCIAL LIFE; SPEECH; VOCAL CORD;

ACOUSTICS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; TAPE RECORDING; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 2942578097     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2003.10.002     Document Type: Article

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