Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 644-650 , November 2010

High-Speed Imaging and Electroglottography Measurements of the Open Quotient in Untrained Male Voices' Register Transitions

  • Matthias Echternach

      Affiliations

    • Department of Musicians' Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Matthias Echternach, MD, Institute of Musicians' Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Breisacherstr 60, 79106 Freiburg, Germany.
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  • Sebastian Dippold

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Leipzig University Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany
    • ,
  • Johan Sundberg

      Affiliations

    • Department of Speech, Music and Hearing, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden
    • ,
  • Susan Arndt

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Mark F. Zander

      Affiliations

    • Department of Musicians' Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany
    • ,
  • Bernhard Richter

      Affiliations

    • Department of Musicians' Medicine, Freiburg University Medical Center, Freiburg, Germany

,Accepted 20 May 2009.

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PII: S0892-1997(09)00070-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.05.003

Journal of Voice
Volume 24, Issue 6 , Pages 644-650 , November 2010

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