Great talent, excellent voices - No problem for pubertal girls?

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-112

  Decoster, Wivine ^a   Ghesquiere, Sofie ^a   Van Steenberge, Sebastiaan ^b  

^a Labo ExpORL Department of Neurosciences   (Belgium)

^b Antwerp Cathedral Choir   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Developmental model; Pubertal girls; Singing voice; Vocal development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGING; SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT; SPEECH AUDIOMETRY; SPEECH DEVELOPMENT; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENARCHE; MUSIC; PUBERTY; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 46749142179     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430802015498     Document Type: Article

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