RESUMO
The aim of this research was to verify whether the difference of singing styles and the presence of vocal complaints influence the perception of voice handicap of singers. One hundred eighteen singing voice handicap self-assessment protocols were selected: 17 popular singers with vocal complaints, 42 popular singers without complaints, 17 classic singers with complaints, and 42 classic singers without complaints. The groups were similar regarding age, gender and voice types. Both protocols used--Modern Singing Handicap Index (MSHI) and Classical Singing Handicap Index (CSHI)--have specific questions to their respective singing styles, and consist of 30 items equally divided into three subscales: disability (functional domain), handicap (emotional domain) and impairment (organic domain), answered according to the frequency of occurrence. Each subscale has a maximum of 40 points, and the total score is 120 points. The higher the score, the higher the singing voice handicap perceived. For statistical analysis, we used the ANOVA test, with 5% of significance. Classical and popular singers referred higher impairment, followed by disability and handicap. However, the degree of this perception varied according to the singing style and the presence of vocal complaints. The classical singers with vocal complaints showed higher voice handicap than popular singers with vocal complaints, while the classic singers without complaints reported lower handicap than popular singers without complaints. This evidences that classical singers have higher perception of their own voice, and that vocal disturbances in this group may cause greater voice handicap when compared to popular singers.
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Doenças Profissionais/diagnóstico , Canto , Distúrbios da Voz/etiologia , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Autoavaliação Diagnóstica , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Inquéritos e Questionários , Distúrbios da Voz/diagnósticoRESUMO
BACKGROUND: self-assessment of the impact of vocal deviation in the quality of life of erudite singers. AIM: to verify whether the presence of vocal complaints in erudite singers produces quality of life handicap in the use of singing voice and whether this handicap is related to gender, age, vocal classification or time of singing. METHOD: fifty-nine professional erudite choir singers answered the questionnaire including general questions such as identification, vocal classification, gender, time of study and dedication to classical singing. The choir singers were categorized into two groups, according to the presence of vocal complaints. They all answered the protocol Classical Singing Handicap Index (CSHI), which analyzes the impact of abnormal voice on singing voice in three subscales: Disability, Handicap and Impairment. RESULTS: subscales Impairment (6.39) and Disability (5.39) presented higher scores than subscale Handicap (3.34) for all singers. Moreover, there was statistically significant correlation between presence of vocal complaint and higher score of CSHI (p > 0.001 to all subscales). In the group with complaints, women had higher score in subscale Disability than men. In the group without complaints, older subjects and those who had sung longer presented lower CSHI scores. CONCLUSION: singers with vocal complaints and/or symptoms had higher handicap index in singing, expressed in subscales Impairment and Disability, without relationship with vocal classification.
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Música , Doenças Profissionais/epidemiologia , Distúrbios da Voz/epidemiologia , Qualidade da Voz/fisiologia , Voz/fisiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Idoso de 80 Anos ou mais , Estudos de Casos e Controles , Feminino , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Doenças Profissionais/classificação , Estatísticas não Paramétricas , Inquéritos e Questionários , Distúrbios da Voz/classificaçãoRESUMO
TEMA: auto-avaliação da alteração vocal na qualidade de vida de cantores eruditos. OBJETIVO: verificar se a presença de queixa vocal em cantores eruditos produz desvantagem na qualidade de vida no que diz respeito ao uso da voz cantada e se tal desvantagem pode estar relacionada ao sexo, à idade, à classificação vocal ou ao tempo de canto. MÉTODO: 59 cantores eruditos profissionais, coralistas, preencheram um questionário com perguntas gerais de identificação, classificação vocal, idade, tempo de estudo e dedicação ao canto lírico. Os coralistas foram categorizados em dois grupos de acordo com a presença ou não de queixa vocal. Todos preencheram o protocolo de índice de desvantagem vocal pra o canto clássico (IDCC), que analisa o impacto da alteração vocal na voz cantada em três subescalas: incapacidade, desvantagem e defeito. RESULTADOS: as subescalas defeito (6,39) e incapacidade (5,39) apresentaram maiores escores que a subescala desvantagem (3,34), para todos os cantores. Além disso, foi observada relação estatisticamente significante entre a presença de queixa vocal e maior escore do IDCC (p < 0,001 para todas as subescalas). No grupo com queixa, mulheres apresentaram na subescala incapacidade maior escore que os homens; no grupo sem queixa, indivíduos com mais idade e mais tempo de canto apresentaram menores escores de IDCC. CONCLUSÃO: cantores líricos com queixa e/ou sintomas vocais apresentam maior índice de desvantagem no canto, com maior expressão nas subescalas de defeito e incapacidade, sem relação com a classificação vocal.
BACKGROUND: self-assessment of the impact of vocal deviation in the quality of life of erudite singers. AIM: to verify whether the presence of vocal complaints in erudite singers produces quality of life handicap in the use of singing voice and whether this handicap is related to gender, age, vocal classification or time of singing. METHOD: fifty-nine professional erudite choir singers answered the questionnaire including general questions such as identification, vocal classification, gender, time of study and dedication to classical singing. The choir singers were categorized into two groups, according to the presence of vocal complaints. They all answered the protocol Classical Singing Handicap Index (CSHI), which analyzes the impact of abnormal voice on singing voice in three subscales: Disability, Handicap and Impairment. RESULTS: subscales Impairment (6.39) and Disability (5.39) presented higher scores than subscale Handicap (3.34) for all singers. Moreover, there was statistically significant correlation between presence of vocal complaint and higher score of CSHI (p > 0.001 to all subscales). In the group with complaints, women had higher score in subscale Disability than men. In the group without complaints, older subjects and those who had sung longer presented lower CSHI scores. CONCLUSION: singers with vocal complaints and/or symptoms had higher handicap index in singing, expressed in subscales Impairment and Disability, without relationship with vocal classification.
