Differences in acoustic and perceptual parameters of the voice between elderly and young women at habitual and high intensity;Diferencias de los parámetros acústicos y perceptuales de la voz entre sujetos ancianos y jóvenes con intensidad habitual y alta

Acta Otorrinolaringologica Espanola

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 76-84

  Mazzetto de Menezes, Keyla S ^a   Master, Suely ^b   Guzman, Marco ^c   Bortnem, Cori ^d   Ramos, Luiz Roberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d Language Experience   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Auditory perception; Speech acoustics; Voice quality

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; PITCH; SOUND INTENSITY; SOUND PRESSURE; VOICE PARAMETER; ADULT; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEARING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VOICE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895783821     PISSN: 00016519     EISSN: 19883013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otorri.2013.07.009     Document Type: Article

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