The Effect of Perceptual Training on Inexperienced Listeners' Judgments of Dysphonic Voice

Journal of Voice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 527-544

  Eadie, Tanya L ^a   Baylor, Carolyn R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory perceptual scales; Listener training; Outcome measurement; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH THERAPY; VOWEL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 33751514960     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2005.08.007     Document Type: Article

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