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Acoustic Analysis of Breathy and Rough Voice Characterizing Elderly Speech
Takeshi Miyazaki, Mitsunori Mizumachi, and Katsuyuki Niyada
Department of Electrical Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 1-1 Sensui-cho, Tobata-ku, Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka 804-8550, Japan
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