Identification of children's gender and age by listeners

Journal of Voice

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-321

  Amir, Ofer ^a   Engel, Merav ^a   Shabtai, Esther ^a   Amir, Noam ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Age; Children; Gender; Hebrew; Perception; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGING; CHILD; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; ISRAEL; MALE; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX FACTORS; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860472266     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: 18734588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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