Perfil dos profissionais da voz com queixas vocais atendidos em um centro terciário de saúde

Abstract

Work-related laryngopathy may have negative consequences for voice professionals. Aim. To analyze the profile of voice professionals seen in a tertiary level hospital. Study design: a longitudinal historical cohort. Methods. A retrospective analysis of patient files. Diagnosis was reached using videostroboscopy. Results. 163 patients (119 females and 44 males) were seen. The mean age was 36.5 years. Professionals included spoken voice users (salesman, teachers, telemarketers, receptionists, health professionals) and singers. The most frequent diagnoses were: minor structural changes (33%), nodules (22%), Reinke's edema (10%), and polyps (6%). A correlation was observed between smoking, age and gender; there was an association between smoking and Reinke's edema, leucoplasia and tabagism, females and Reinke's edema, nodules and minor structural changes, and also between patients aged over 40 years and Reinke's edema, and patients under 40 with nodules, laryngitis, and minor structural changes. Symptoms lasted more than 6 months in 74% of patients. Conclusion. The profile of voice professionals seen in a tertiary hospital included spoken voice patients and singers. In our study minor structural changes predominated, followed by nodules, Reinke edema and polyps.

Uso de substâncias psicoativas, alterações vocais e qualidade de vida em usuários de drogas lícitas e ilícitas

“…The acoustic analysis was carried out using the software VoXmetria version 2.7, The acoustic measures chosen for analysis were: fundamental frequency (Ff -reflex of the biodynamic characteristics of the vocal folds and their integration with subglottal pressure), jitter (indicates short-term Ff variability, measured between glottal cycles), shimmer (indicates the short-term variability in wavelength and is a measure of phonation stability), and Glottal Noise Excitation (GNE) (the acoustic measure that calculates the noise produced by Drug use is very aggressive to the voice mechanism and there are many reports of the use of these substances among some voice professional classes (rock and night club singers, teachers, telemarketing representatives, and salespeople) [18][19][20] . And, even if it is not the norm, it is extremely important that voice therapists are aware of the possible voice changes caused by psychoactive substance use, particularly among voice professionals.…”

Comparação de hábitos de bem estar vocal entre cantores líricos e populares

“…Foi realizado um estudo retrospectivo no ambulatório de Otorrinolaringologia da Faculdade de Medicina da USP, com o objetivo de caracterizar profissionais da voz no tocante à procura por atendimento especializado. Os autores observaram que os profissionais que mais procuram por atendimento médico devido a problemas de laringe e voz são os professores, vendedores e cantores, respectivamente 8 . Esse dado é alarmante, uma vez que que problemas vocais podem causar prejuízos profissionais aos indivíduos e interferir na qualidade de vida 9,10 .…”

Relação entre as condições de trabalho e de voz autorreferidas por teleoperadores de uma central de emergência

“…It is essential to prepare these workers to become the main agents in the proposal of changes to the vocal, environmental and organizational conditions of work (18,30) .…”