An Investigation of Vocal Tract Characteristics for Acoustic Discrimination of Pathological Voices

This paper investigates the effectiveness of measures related to vocal tract characteristics in classifying normal and pathological speech. Unlike conventional approaches that mainly focus on features related to the vocal source, vocal tract characteristics are examined to determine if interaction e...

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Main Authors: Jung-Won Lee, Hong-Goo Kang, Jeung-Yoon Choi, Young-Ik Son
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/758731