Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 360-366 , May 2011

Vocal Characteristics of Middle-Aged Premenopausal Women

  • Evelien D'haeseleer

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Evelien D'haeseleer, Departments of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery and Speech and Language Pathology, GE 19, Ghent University, De Pintelaan 185, 2P1, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
    • ,
  • Herman Depypere

      Affiliations

    • Department of Gynaecology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Sofie Claeys

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Floris L. Wuyts

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Physics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • Nele Baudonck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • ,
  • Kristiane M. Van Lierde

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
    • Department of Speech and Language Pathology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

,Accepted 29 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.10.016

Journal of Voice
Volume 25, Issue 3 , Pages 360-366 , May 2011

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