Objective measurement of vocal fatigue in classical singers: A vocal dosimetry pilot study

Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 595-602

  Carroll, Thomas ^a   Nix, John ^b,c   Hunter, Eric ^c   Emerich, Kate ^c   Titze, Ingo ^c,d   Abaza, Mona ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Denver Center for the Performing Arts   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; DOSIMETER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX DISORDER; LEARNING; LOADING TEST; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SINGING; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TIME; VIBRATION SENSE; VOCAL CORD; VOICE; VOICE FATIGUE;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OTOLARYNGOLOGY; PILOT PROJECTS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 33748960756     PISSN: 01945998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otohns.2006.06.1268     Document Type: Article

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