Voice characteristics of children aged between 6 and 13 years: Impact of age, gender, and vocal training

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 150-155

  Pribuisiene, Ruta ^a   Uloza, Virgilijus ^a   Kardisiene, Vilija ^a  

^a LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Children's voice parameters; vocal training; voice type

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSIC; PHONATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH REHABILITATION; VOICE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSIC; PHONATION; SEX FACTORS; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 82255196091     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14015439.2011.569756     Document Type: Article

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