Relation of vocal tract shape, formant transitions, and stop consonant identification

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1514-1528

  Story, Brad H ^a   Bunton, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consonant identification; Formant transitions; Vocal tract shape

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCAL CORD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADOLESCENT; BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHONATION; PHONETICS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCAL CORDS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650461733     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2010/09-0127)     Document Type: Article

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