Acoustic-perceptual correlates of voice quality in elderly men and women

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 171-184

  Gorham Rowan, Mary M ^a   Laures Gore, Jacqueline ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNX; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PITCH; VOICE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TAPE RECORDING; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33646159992     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2005.11.005     Document Type: Article

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