Relationship Between Masking Levels and Phonatory Stability in Normal-Speaking Women

Journal of Voice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 223-228

  Ferrand, Carole T ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory masking; Fundamental frequency; Harmonics to noise ratio; Intensity; Jitter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MASKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; PROPRIOCEPTION; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH; VOWEL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33646352450     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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