A Comparison of Two Perceptual Voice Evaluation Training Programs for Naive Listeners

Journal of Voice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 229-241

  Chan, Karen M K ^a   Yiu, Edwin M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Analysis by synthesis; Anchors; Perceptual voice evaluation; Training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BREATHING; BREATHING MECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RELIABILITY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STATISTICS; TRAINING; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 33747679387     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2005.03.007     Document Type: Article

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