Medical Disorders and Treatments in Professional Voice Users and Wind Instrumentalists

2021 ◽  
pp. 105-132
Author(s):  
Robert Thayer Sataloff ◽  
Mary J. Hawkshaw ◽  
Johnathan Brandon Sataloff
Keyword(s):  
Wind Instrumentalists ◽  
Medical Disorders ◽  
Professional Voice Users ◽  
Professional Voice

Rheometers, Bioreactors, and Vocalization Forces: Using Basic Science Investigations to Help the Voices of Teachers

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 119-125
Author(s):  
Sarah Klemuk
Keyword(s):  
Basic Science ◽  
Tissue Growth ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Support Cell ◽  
Rest Periods ◽  
Collaborative Studies ◽  
Professional Voice Users ◽  
The University ◽  
Science Investigations ◽  
Professional Voice

Abstract Collaborative studies at the University of Iowa and the National Center for Voice and Speech aim to help the voices of teachers. Investigators study how cells and tissues respond to vibration doses simulating typical vocalization patterns of teachers. A commercially manufactured instrument is uniquely modified to support cell and tissue growth, to subject tissues to vocalization-like forces, and to measure viscoelastic properties of tissues. Through this basic science approach, steps toward safety limits for vocalization and habilitating rest periods for professional voice users will be achieved.

Type and Severity of Pain During Phonation in Professional Voice Users and Nonvocal Professionals

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 671.e19-671.e23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristiane M. Van Lierde ◽  
Joke Dijckmans ◽  
Lara Scheffel ◽  
Mara Behlau
Keyword(s):  
Professional Voice Users ◽  
Professional Voice

The Impact of Dysphonic Voices on Healthy Listeners: Listener Reaction Times, Speech Intelligibility, and Listener Comprehension

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-575 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul M. Evitts ◽  
Heather Starmer ◽  
Kristine Teets ◽  
Christen Montgomery ◽  
Lauren Calhoun ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Speech Intelligibility ◽  
Voice Quality ◽  
Reaction Times ◽  
Speech Stimuli ◽  
Perceptual Evaluation ◽  
Quality Ratings ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Professional Voice Users ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Professional Voice

Purpose There is currently minimal information on the impact of dysphonia secondary to phonotrauma on listeners. Considering the high incidence of voice disorders with professional voice users, it is important to understand the impact of a dysphonic voice on their audiences. Methods Ninety-one healthy listeners (39 men, 52 women; mean age = 23.62 years) were presented with speech stimuli from 5 healthy speakers and 5 speakers diagnosed with dysphonia secondary to phonotrauma. Dependent variables included processing speed (reaction time [RT] ratio), speech intelligibility, and listener comprehension. Voice quality ratings were also obtained for all speakers by 3 expert listeners. Results Statistical results showed significant differences between RT ratio and number of speech intelligibility errors between healthy and dysphonic voices. There was not a significant difference in listener comprehension errors. Multiple regression analyses showed that voice quality ratings from the Consensus Assessment Perceptual Evaluation of Voice (Kempster, Gerratt, Verdolini Abbott, Barkmeier-Kraemer, & Hillman, 2009) were able to predict RT ratio and speech intelligibility but not listener comprehension. Conclusions Results of the study suggest that although listeners require more time to process and have more intelligibility errors when presented with speech stimuli from speakers with dysphonia secondary to phonotrauma, listener comprehension may not be affected.

scholarly journals Voice training for professional voice users

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Rhea John ◽  
Jayita Das Poduval
Keyword(s):  
Work Experience ◽  
Call Center ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Voice Training ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
Voice User ◽  
Professional Voice Users ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Training Professional ◽  
Professional Voice

<p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Background: </span></strong>A professional voice user is defined as an individual who depends on the use of his or her voice to earn a living, and nowadays encompasses a gamut of professions ranging from highly skilled artistes to call center workers. All of them have various levels of vocal demand but not all are suitably equipped to meet these demands because of a lack of formal training.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Methods: </span></strong><span lang="EN-US">This study was conducted as a short-term project under the auspices of the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research). The principal investigator is the first author, an undergraduate medical student, while the corresponding author is the faculty who guided the student in this endeavor. With a view to exploring how voice training, as opposed to voice therapy for a specific complaint or lesion, could improve the outcome and performance of a professional voice user with no prior training, we carried out this study in our institution and in a nearby school and college.</span></p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Results: </span></strong>Over half the subjects were found to have a complaint about their voice. There were equal numbers of men and women in this study and the age group of 26-30 years was the best represented. This age group is significant as it represents the start of the working life of a typical individual, in this case the professional voice user. A positive correlation was found between increasing age (and years of work experience) and the frequency of a voice complaint. With years of work experience more than 15 years, the frequency of voice problems decreased slightly. On cross checking, it was found that these persons were in more senior levels of work, and so had less work pressure.</p><p class="abstract"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Conclusions: </span></strong>This study shows that voice training has to be imparted over a considerable period of time even for the less skilled group of professional voice users. </p><p class="keywords"><strong><span lang="EN-US">Keywords: </span></strong>Voice assessment, Voice training, Professional voice user</p>

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