Effect of vowel type on reliability of nasality ratings

Journal of Communication Disorders

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 503-512

  Watterson, Thomas ^a   Lewis, Kerry ^a   Allord, Molly ^a   Sulprizio, Sandra ^b   O'Neill, Patricia ^b  

^a University of Nevada School of Medicine   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST; VOWEL;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 34548697982     PISSN: 00219924     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2007.02.002     Document Type: Article

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