Breathiness as a Feminine Voice Characteristic: A Perceptual Approach

Journal of Voice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 291-294

  Van Borsel, John ^a   Janssens, Joke ^a   De Bodt, Marc ^a,b,c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Breathiness; Gender; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMININITY; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349119183     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.08.002     Document Type: Article

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