Vocal Tremor and Vibrato in the Same Person: Acoustic and Electromyographic Differences

Journal of Voice

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 541-545

  Dromey, Christopher ^a   Smith, Marshall E ^b  

^a BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Electromyography; Tremor; Vibrato

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERIODICITY; PHONATION; RECORDING; SINGING; SPEECH; VOCAL TREMOR; VOCAL VIBRATO; VOICE CHANGE; VOWEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; MUSIC; PHONETICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 50249161205     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2006.12.001     Document Type: Article

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