Noise and tremor in the perception of vocal aging in males

Journal of Voice

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 523-530

  Harnsberger, James D ^a   Brown Jr , William S ^a   Shrivastav, Rahul ^a   Rothman, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Age estimation; Speaking rate; Vocal aging; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; NOISE; PERCEPTION; SPEECH RATE; TREMOR; VOCAL AGING; VOICE; VOICE CHANGE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CUES; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHONETICS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TIME FACTORS; VOCAL CORDS; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956187922     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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