Electrolarynx in voice rehabilitation

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 327-332

  Liu, Hanjun ^a   Ng, Manwa L ^b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Electrolarynx; Speech enhancement; Voice rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEARING; HUMAN; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; NOISE REDUCTION; PHONATION; SOUND INTENSITY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TECHNOLOGY;

ALGORITHMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 34249696525     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2006.11.010     Document Type: Article

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