Vocal fatigue and its relation to vocal hyperfunction

International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 254-266

  Solomon, Nancy Pearl ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Effort; Hyperfunction; Vocal fatigue; Vocal loading

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749128433     PISSN: 17549515     EISSN: 17549507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14417040701730990     Document Type: Review

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