Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 72-85 , January 2010

Using Electroglottographic Real-Time Feedback to Control Posterior Glottal Adduction during Phonation

  • Christian T. Herbst

      Affiliations

    • Tölzer Knabenchor, Munich/Germany, Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz, Salzburg, Austria
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Christian T. Herbst, MA, Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz 2/2/2, A-5020 Salzburg, Austria.
    • ,
  • David Howard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Electronics, University of York, Heslington, York, England
    • ,
  • Josef Schlömicher-Thier

      Affiliations

    • Austrian Voice Institute, Wallersee, Austria

,Accepted 9 June 2008.

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 This study has been presented at the seventh Pan European Voice Conference PEVOC 7, Groningen, the Netherlands, August 29–September 1, 2007. [Lecture, 15 minutes; presented by C. Herbst].

PII: S0892-1997(08)00089-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2008.06.003

Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages 72-85 , January 2010

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