Journal of Voice
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 12-20 , March 2003

The Effect of Noise on Computer-Aided Measures of Voice: A Comparison of CSpeechSP and the Multi-Dimensional Voice Program Software Using the CSL 4300B Module and Multi-Speech for Windows

  • Cecyle Perry Carson

      Affiliations

    • University of Wyoming, Division of Communicative Disorders, Laramie, Wyoming, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Cecyle Perry Carson, Associate Professor, University of Wyoming, Division of Communicative Disorders, P.O. Box 3311, Laramie, WY 82071-3311, USA
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  • Dennis R.-S Ingrisano

      Affiliations

    • Speech Science Laboratory, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, Colorado, USA
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  • K.Donald Eggleston

      Affiliations

    • University of Wyoming, Division of Communicative Disorders, Laramie, Wyoming, USA

,Accepted 13 May 2002.

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 Presented in part at the annual convention of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Washington, DC, 2000.

PII: S0892-1997(03)00031-6

doi: 10.1016/S0892-1997(03)00031-6

Journal of Voice
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 12-20 , March 2003