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Effects of sound amplification on teachers' speech while teaching

Valdis Jónsdottir Teachers’ Training Department, University of Akureyri, Akureyri, Iceland; Institute of Speech Communication and Voice Research, University of Tampere, Tampere, FinlandCorrespondence[email protected]
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Leena Rantala Department of Finnish, Saame and Logopedics, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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Anne-Maria Laukkanen Institute of Speech Communication and Voice Research, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
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Erkki Vilkman Department of Otolaryngology Phoniatrics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Pages 118-123 | Published online: 11 Jul 2009

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