Validity of Acoustic Measures Obtained Using Various Recording Methods Including Smartphones With and Without Headset Microphones.
Purpose: The goal of this study was to assess various recording methods, including combinations of high- versus low-cost microphones, recording interfaces, and smartphones in terms of their ability to produce commonly used time- and spectral-based voice measurements. Method: Twenty-four vowel sample...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 67; no. 6; pp. 1712 - 1731 |
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