The Effectiveness of the Glottal to Noise Excitation Ratio for the Screening of Voice Disorders

Journal of Voice

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-56

  Godino Llorente, Juan Ignacio ^a   Osma Ruiz, Víctor ^a   Sáenz Lechón, Nicolás ^a   Gómez Vilda, Pedro ^a   Blanco Velasco, Manuel ^b   Cruz Roldán, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acoustic measurements; Glottal to Noise Excitation Ratio; Normal voice; Pathological voice; Screening voice disorders

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYST; DYSPHONIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARALYSIS; POLYP; SCREENING TEST; VOICE;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; AREA UNDER CURVE; DATABASES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; ROC CURVE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOICE; VOICE DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72749118859     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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