Journal of Voice
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 21-30 , March 2003

Vocal Fatigue: Current Knowledge and Future Directions

  • Nathan V Welham

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Nathan V. Welham, MSLT, Rm. 485 Waisman Center, University of Wisconsin—Madison, 1500 Highland Avenue, Madison, WI 53705, USA
    • ,
  • Margaret A Maclagan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech and Language Therapy, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

,Accepted 25 March 2002.

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PII: S0892-1997(03)00033-X

doi: 10.1016/S0892-1997(03)00033-X

Journal of Voice
Volume 17, Issue 1 , Pages 21-30 , March 2003

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