Not just sound: Supplementing the voice range profile with the singer's own perceptions of vocal challenges

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-10

  Lamarche, Anick ^a   Ternström, Sten ^a   Hertegård, Stellan ^b  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Evaluation tool; Self perception; Singing voice; Voice assessment; Voice Handicap Index phonetogram; Voice range profile

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINGUISTICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; VOCALIZATION; VOICE; HEARING; MUSIC; REACTION TIME; SELF EVALUATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MUSIC; REACTION TIME; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOICE;

EID: 66549109595     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430802239759     Document Type: Article

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