Reconstructing the voice of an individual following laryngectomy

AAC: Augmentative and Alternative Communication

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-66

  Ahmad Khan, Zahoor ^a   Green, Phil ^b   Creer, Sarah ^b   Cunningham, Stuart ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laryngectomy; Speech synthesis; Voice reconstruction

Indexed keywords

LARYNGECTOMY; LISTENING TESTS; LOW QUALITIES; SPEECH MODELS; VOICE RECONSTRUCTION;

SPEECH SYNTHESIS;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNICATION AID; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX PROSTHESIS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VOICE;

COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX, ARTIFICIAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHONETICS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 79952257849     PISSN: 07434618     EISSN: 14773848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07434618.2010.545078     Document Type: Review

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