The relationship of vocal loudness manipulation to prosodic FO and durational variables in healthy adults

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 636-644

  Watson, Peter J ^a   Hughes, Deanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Loudness production; Prosody

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VOCAL CORD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DYSARTHRIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; PHONATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 34248694543     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/040)     Document Type: Article

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