Satisfaction of MtF transsexuals with operative voice therapy - A questionnaire-based preliminary study

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Neumann, Kerstin ^a   Welzel, Cornelia ^a   Gonnermann, Ute ^b   Wolfradt, Uwe ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Logopedic therapy; Patients' satisfaction; Phonosurgery; Transsexualism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMININITY; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PITCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOLOGY; SPEECH THERAPY; TRACHEOTOMY; TRANSSEXUALISM; VOCAL CORD;

EID: 3342912989     PISSN: 14344599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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