Vocal loading-related changes in male teachers' voices investigated before and after a working day

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 229-239

  Laukkanen, Anne Maria ^a   Kankare, Elina ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alpha ratio; Jitter; Shimmer; Vocal fatigue; Vocal loading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; LOUDNESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND PRESSURE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; VOICE; VOICE CHANGE; WORK;

ADULT; FACULTY; FATIGUE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PHONATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33745833661     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093180     Document Type: Article

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