Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 169-174 , March 2009

Reliable Time to Estimate Subglottal Pressure

  • Matthew R. Hoffman
    • ,
  • Christopher D. Baggott
    • ,
  • Jack Jiang

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Jack Jiang, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology—HNS, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1300 University Avenue, 5745 Medical Sciences Center, Madison, WI 53706.

,Accepted 13 September 2007.

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PII: S0892-1997(07)00124-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2007.09.005

Journal of Voice
Volume 23, Issue 2 , Pages 169-174 , March 2009

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