Beyond voice: Perceptions of gender in male-to-female transsexuals

Current Opinion in Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 165-170

  Dacakis, Georgia ^a   Oates, Jennifer ^a   Douglas, Jacinta ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

assessment; perceptions; speech; transsexual; voice

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; LOUDNESS; MALE TO FEMALE TRANSSEXUAL; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE; VOICE CHANGE;

ARTICULATION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH DISORDERS; SPEECH THERAPY; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 84861229578     PISSN: 10689508     EISSN: 15316998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOO.0b013e3283530f85     Document Type: Review

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