Speaker-dependent characteristics of the nasals

Forensic Science International

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 21-28

  Amino, Kanae ^a   Arai, Takayuki ^a  

^a SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Energy contours; Inter speaker variations; Nasals; Speaker identification; Velic action

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENERGY; HUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTUAL SPEAKER IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 60349089517     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2008.11.018     Document Type: Article

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