Effects of Muscle Tension Dysphonia on Tone Phonation: Acoustic and Perceptual Studies in Vietnamese Female Teachers

Journal of Voice

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 446-459

  Nguyen, Duong Duy ^a,b   Kenny, Dianna T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Thai Nguyen General Central Hospital   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Fundamental frequency; Hyperfunctional voice disorders; Muscle tension dysphonia; Teaching voice; Vietnamese tones

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE TONE; PHONATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; TEACHER; VOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DYSPHONIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TONUS; PHONATION; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649412148     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.12.004     Document Type: Article

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