Extensão vocal de idosos coralistas e não coralistas / Vocal range in aged choristers and non-choristers

OBJETIVO: comparar a extensão vocal de idosos coralistas e não coralistas e analisar a influência da prática do canto-coral amador na extensão vocal dos mesmos. MÉTODOS: extração dos valores da extensão vocal em semitons por meio de um teclado musical e análise comparativa do número de semitons entre 40 idosos coralistas e 40 não coralistas. RESULTADOS: o número de semitons atingido pelos coralistas é significativamente maior que o atingido pelos não coralistas. O perfil de extensão vocal dos idosos coralistas foi de 27 a 39 semitons, perfazendo um total de 3 oitavas, 1 tom e 1 semitom. O perfil de extensão vocal dos idosos não coralistas foi de 18 a 35 semitons, perfazendo um total de 2 oitavas, 5 tons e 1 semitom. CONCLUSÃO: a prática do canto coral amador aumenta a extensão vocal de idosos coralistas.

PURPOSE: compare the vocal extension of senior choristers and non-choristers and analyze the influence of the practice of the amateur coral-song in the vocal extension of the aforementioned subjects. METHODS: extracting the vocal extension through a musical keyboard and comparative analysis of the number of half-notes among 40 senior choristers and 40 non-choristers. RESULTS: the number of half-notes achieved by the choristers is significantly higher than the one achieved by the non-choristers. The vocal extension profile of the seniors choristers was from 27 to 39 half-notes, totalizing a sum of 3 octaves, 1 tone and 1 half-note. The profile of the no-choristers seniors' vocal extension was from 18 to 35 half-notes, totalizing a sum of 2 octaves, 5 tones and 1 half-note. CONCLUSION: The practice of the amateur coral song increases the choristers seniors' vocal extension.

Avaliaçäo e tratamento da incompetência velofaríngea: tendências atuais no Japäo / Evaluation and treatment of velopharyngeal incompetence: present trends in Japan

The present article describes the approach developed at the Cleft Palate Clinic of Kyoto University Hospital, aiming at introducing assessment and treatment for velopharyngeal function currently in use in Japan. A multi-view approach with the main emphasis given to the fluorocideography and to the nasopharyngofiberscopy permits accurate analysis and evaluation of dynamic velopharyngeal gesture and facilitates the selection of adequated treatment. The article describes the surgical treatment, the speech therapy procedures, and presentes a case study reporting the therapeutic approach to the articulation disorders combined with sligth velopharyngeal incompetence