Changes in speaking fundamental frequency characteristics with aging

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 120-127

  Nishio, Masaki ^a   Niimi, Seiji ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Aging; Fundamental frequency; Speaking fundamental frequency, reference intervals

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LARYNX DISORDER; MALE; MEASUREMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPEAKING FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCY; SPEECH;

AGED; AGING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 42449162426     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000118510     Document Type: Article

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