Physiological control of low-dimensional Glottal models with applications to voice source parameter matching

Acta Acustica united with Acustica

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 731-740

  Avanzini, Federico ^a   Maratea, Simone ^a   Drioli, Carlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODEBOOK; FOUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY; GLOTTAL FLOW WAVEFORMS; MUSCULAR ACTIVATIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; PATTERN MATCHING; SPEECH PROCESSING; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 33750378345     PISSN: 16101928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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