Intonation and Phonation in Young Adults with Down Syndrome

Journal of Voice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-87

  Lee, Mary T ^a   Thorpe, Jude ^a   Verhoeven, Jo ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Down syndrome; Jitter; Perceptual analysis; Phonation; Shimmer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LARYNX; LUNG CAPACITY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHONATION; PITCH; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONATION; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57949100750     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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