Transgender voice and communication treatment: A retrospective chart review of 25 cases

International Journal of Language and Communication Disorders

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-65

  Hancock, Adrienne B ^a   Garabedian, Laura M ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Transgender; transsexual; treatment efficacy; voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DYSPHONIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX REASSIGNMENT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUND DETECTION; SPEECH; SPEECH PERCEPTION; SPEECH REHABILITATION; TRANSSEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; VOICE;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; DYSPHONIA; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX REASSIGNMENT PROCEDURES; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRANSGENDERED PERSONS; VOICE QUALITY; VOICE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872522213     PISSN: 13682822     EISSN: 14606984     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-6984.2012.00185.x     Document Type: Article

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