Voice Parameters That Result in Identification or Misidentification of Biological Gender in Male-to-Female Transgender Veterans

International Journal of Transgenderism

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 117-130

  King, Robert S ^a   Brown, George R ^a,b   McCrea, Christopher R ^c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b East Tennessee State University   (United States)

^c EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

formant; frequency; intonation; resonance; Transgender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861325893     PISSN: 15532739     EISSN: 14344599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2011.664464     Document Type: Article

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