Inverse filtering of nasalized vowels using synthesized speech

Journal of Voice

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-169

  Gobl, Christer ^a   Mahshie, James ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glottal parameters; Inverse filtering; Nasalized vowels; Voice source

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGOGRAPHY; SPEECH; SPEECH ANALYSIS; VOCAL CORD; VOICE ANALYSIS; VOWEL;

BIOMECHANICAL PHENOMENA; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; NASAL CAVITY; PHONATION; PHONETICS; PRESSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 84875243987     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: 18734588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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