Child Voice and Noise: A Pilot Study of Noise in Day Cares and the Effects on 10 Children's Voice Quality According to Perceptual Evaluation

Journal of Voice

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 587-593

  McAllister, Anita M ^a   Granqvist, Svante ^b   Sjölander, Peta ^b   Sundberg, Johan ^b  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aura; Background noise; Child voice; Perceptual evaluation; Vocal loudness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND PRESSURE; SPEECH; SWEDEN; VOICE;

CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NOISE; PHONETICS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRESSURE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH; TIME FACTORS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 69249217980     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.10.017     Document Type: Article

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