Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 574-584 , September 2010

Whispering—A Single-Subject Study of Glottal Configuration and Aerodynamics

  • Johan Sundberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Music & Hearing, School of Computer Science and Communications, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Johan Sundberg, Department of Speech, Music & Hearing, SE-100 44, Stockholm, Sweden.
    • ,
  • Ronald Scherer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Communication Disorders, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio
    • ,
  • Markus Hess

      Affiliations

    • Department of Phoniatrics and Paedaudiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Frank Müller

      Affiliations

    • Department of Phoniatrics and Paedaudiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

,Accepted 6 January 2009.

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PII: S0892-1997(09)00006-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.01.001

Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 5 , Pages 574-584 , September 2010

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