Gender Differences in Long-Term Average Spectra of Children's Singing Voices

Journal of Voice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 319-336

  Sergeant, Desmond C ^a   Welch, Graham Frederick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Developmental changes; Gender; LTAS; Singing

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGING;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; VOICE;

EID: 67349093240     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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