Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 164-168 , March 2009

Validation of a Glottographic Measure of Vocal Attack

  • Robert F. Orlikoff

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech-Language Pathology, Seton Hall University, South Orange, New Jersey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Robert F. Orlikoff, Department of Speech-Language Pathology, School of Graduate Medical Education, Seton Hall University, 400 South Orange Avenue, South Orange, NJ 07079.
    • ,
  • Dimitar D. Deliyski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
    • ,
  • R.J. Baken

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, New York Eye and Ear Infirmary, New York, New York
    • ,
  • Ben C. Watson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech-Language Pathology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York

,Accepted 15 August 2007.

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 Portions of this article were presented at the 35th Annual Voice Foundation Symposium: Care of the Professional Voice, June 2006, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and at the 7th International Conference: Advances in Quantitative Laryngology, Voice and Speech Research, October 2006, Groningen, the Netherlands.

PII: S0892-1997(07)00111-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.08.004

Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 164-168 , March 2009

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