Evidence-based clinical voice assessment: A systematic review

American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 212-226

  Roy, Nelson ^a   Barkmeier Kraemer, Julie ^b   Eadie, Tanya ^c   Sivasankar, M Preeti ^d   Mehta, Daryush ^e   Paul, Diane ^f   Hillman, Robert ^e,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Diagnostics; Technology; Voice disorders

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878186583     PISSN: 10580360     EISSN: 15589110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1058-0360(2012/12-0014)     Document Type: Review

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