Characterization of dysphonic voices by means of a filterbank-based spectral analysis: Sustained vowels and running speech

Journal of Voice

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 11-23

  Fraile, Rubén ^a   Godino Llorente, Juan Ignacio ^b   Sáenz Lechón, Nicolás ^b   Osma Ruiz, Víctor ^b   Gutiérrez Arriola, Juana María ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Correlation; Spectral analysis; Speech analysis

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHONIA; EDEMA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; FILTERBANK ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; KERATOSIS; LARYNGITIS; LEUKOPLAKIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARESIS; PERIPHERAL PARALYSIS; PHONATION; POWER SPECTRUM; SPASMODIC DYSPHONIA; SPECTROSCOPY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TREMOR; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; VOICE; VOWEL;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; DYSPHONIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872049292     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: 18734588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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