Preliminary study on the quantitative analysis of vocal loading effects on vocal fold dynamics using phonovibrograms

Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology

Volumn 117, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 484-493

  Lohscheller, Joerg ^a   Doellinger, Michael ^a   McWhorter, Andrew J ^b   Kunduk, Melda ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High speed imaging; Phonovibrogram; Vocal fatigue; Vocal fold dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGITAL IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MUSCLE FATIGUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONOVIBROGRAPAHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; READING; VIBRATION; VIDEORECORDING; VOCAL CORD; VOICE; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; VIBRATION; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE;

EID: 51449083583     PISSN: 00034894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000348940811700703     Document Type: Article

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