Volumetric measurements of vocal tracts for male speakers from different races

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 691-702

  Xue, Steve An ^a   Hao, Grace Jian P ^b   Mayo, Robert ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Male speakers; Races; Speech acoustics; Vocal tract

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PHONATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RACE; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCAL CORD; VOICE;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 34247856104     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200500297716     Document Type: Article

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