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Academia Brasileira de Audiologia
2014
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- Effects of vocal rehabilitation on voice handicap of professional popular singers Fernanda Ferreira da Silva Felipe Moreti Gisele Oliveira Mara Behlau Salud Voice Music Speech Dysphonia Speech therapy Purpose: To verify the effect of a vocal rehabilitation program in voice handicap by a self-reported questionnaire in popular professional singers with dysphonia. Methods: Forty-nine professional popular singers, between 18 and 45 years old, assessed by the ENT and diagnosed with behavioral dysphonia, with or without mass lesions, that were related to of vocal behavior, were submitted to vocal rehabilitation. The singers were divided into two groups: Experimental Group (EG), with 29 singers undergoing voice therapy and a Control Group (CG), with 20 singers on the clinical waiting list for vocal rehabilitation. The CG was attended after the research finished. All participants completed the Moderns Singing Handicap Index (MSHI) and self-assessed their speaking and singing voices at the first and last session of therapy (assessment and reassessment). Results: There were significant differences between the experimental and control groups in the post- therapy for all MSHI protocol scores. There were no changes in the number of singing lessons after the intervention. The EG reported perceiving improvement in the speaking and singing vocal qualities. Conclusion: Professional popular singers who performed voice therapy had lower self-assessed of voice handicap while singing, when compared with singers with vocal complaints and without treatment. 2014 artículo científico 2317-6431 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=391544058015 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=3915 Audiology - Communication Research application/pdf Academia Brasileira de Audiologia Audiology - Communication Research (Brasil) Num.2 Vol.19