The influence of perceived sexual orientation on fricative identification

Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2427-2437

  Munson, Benjamin ^a   Jefferson, Sarah V ^a   McDonald, Elizabeth C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; FORMAL LANGUAGES; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); NATURAL FREQUENCIES;

FRICATIVE IDENTIFICATION; HETEROSEXUAL-SOUNDING; SEXUAL ORIENTATION;

SPEECH ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BISEXUALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADULT; BISEXUALITY; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33645344353     PISSN: 00014966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1121/1.2173521     Document Type: Article

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