The Effect of Anchor Modality on the Reliability of Vocal Severity Ratings

Journal of Voice

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 341-352

  Awan, Shaheen N ^a   Lawson, Laura L ^b  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Berks County Intermediate Unit   (United States)

Author keywords

Dysphonia severity; Listener training; Perceptual anchors; Perceptual voice ratings; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRAINING;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TIME FACTORS; VOICE; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349180308     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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