Vocal tract dimensional development of adolescents: An acoustic reflection study

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 907-912

  Xue, Steve A ^a   Cheng, Regine Wing Chi ^a   Ng, Lawrence Manwa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Speech acoustics; Vocal tract development

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC REFLECTION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; VOCAL TRACT DIMENSIONAL DEVELOPMENT; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PHONATION; SEX FACTORS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 77953913849     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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