The Effects of Frequency Range, Vowel, Dynamic Loudness Level, and Gender on Nasalance in Amateur and Classically Trained Singers

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-89

  Jennings, Jori Johnson ^a   Kuehn, David P ^b  

^a Moody Bible Institute   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasalance; Nasality; Singing Voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOUDNESS; NASALANCE; NASALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE AIRFLOW; SINGING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOICE; VOWEL; XERORADIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SEX FACTORS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 37349058142     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.08.017     Document Type: Article

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