Speech rate in males, females, and male-to-female transsexuals

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 679-685

  Van Borsel, John ^a   De Maesschalck, Dorothy ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gender; Male to female transsexuals; Speaking rate; Speech rate

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER DYSPHORIA; HUMAN; LARYNX SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; PITCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX ROLE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH RATE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TRANSSEXUALISM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 52649173319     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200801976695     Document Type: Article

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