The Effectiveness of Oral Resonance Therapy on the Perception of Femininity of Voice in Male-to-Female Transsexuals

Journal of Voice

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 591-603

  Carew, Lisa ^a   Dacakis, Georgia ^a   Oates, Jennifer ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Formant frequencies; Fundamental frequency; Oral resonance; Perceptual voice analysis; Transsexual voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMININITY; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TRANSSEXUALISM; VOICE CHANGE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; SPEECH THERAPY; TRANSSEXUALISM; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 34548127687     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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