Intelligibility of Tracheoesophageal Speech in Noise

Journal of Voice

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 605-615

  McColl, Douglas A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Laryngeal cancer; Lombard effect; Tracheoesophageal speech

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NOISE; RECORDING; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRACHEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; NOISE; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH, ESOPHAGEAL; TRACHEA;

EID: 33751524704     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2005.09.005     Document Type: Article

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