Effects of practice variability on learning of relaxed phonation in vocally hyperfunctional speakers

Journal of Voice

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Wong, Amy Y H ^a   Ma, Estella P M ^a   Yiu, Edwin M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Contextual interference; Dysphonia; Surface electromyography (EMG); Variable practice; Voice motor learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERFUNCTIONAL DYSPHONIA; LARYNX MUSCLE; LEARNING; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHONATION; RANDOMIZATION; SPEECH THERAPY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; GENERALIZATION (PSYCHOLOGY); HONG KONG; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL MUSCLES; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE RELAXATION; NEUROFEEDBACK; PHONATION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955621871     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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