Phonosurgery for pitch alteration: Feminization and masculinization of the voice

Otolaryngologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-86

  Spiegel, Jeffrey H ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FEMININITY; HUMAN; LARYNGOPLASTY; LARYNX CARTILAGE; LARYNX SURGERY; LOUDNESS; MASCULINITY; PITCH; REVIEW; SPEECH THERAPY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

HUMANS; LARYNGEAL CARTILAGES; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; TRANSSEXUALISM; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 32044472293     PISSN: 00306665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otc.2005.10.011     Document Type: Review

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