Percepção vocal e qualidade de vida

Abstract

it was observed that the worst the opinion of the dysphonic individual about the impact of dysphonia on life quality, the worst was his vocal self-perception. A relationship between the life quality of the dysphonic individual and the vocal perception of listeners was not observed.

Efeitos imediatos do exercício vocal sopro e som agudo

“…Several researches use perceptual or acoustic analysis as a criteria to verify the effect of an exercise (5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)13) . However more recently the focus of patient opinion has been considered central (19,21) , since hardly a person adheres to a maneuver that causes discomfort. Besides these analyses, to verify the larynx condition must be done by visual analysis, since it is not possible to identify exactly by perceptual evaluation the muscles adjustments used.…”

Influência do sexo, idade, profissão e diagnóstico fonoaudiológico na qualidade de vida em voz

“…Based on the results of this research, it can be inferred that the self-assessment of quality of life and disadvantage related to voice is an important aid to understanding the perception of people regarding to their vocal health and their reactions to voice changes 12,15 .…”

“…It is about functionally simple protocols, easy to apply, which have clear questions, thus becoming clinical tools for the assessment of treatment results. Also, provide more refined understanding of the dimensions of the effects of a voice problem in the patient's life and their psychosocial consequences, through selfawareness about their dysphonia, despite criticism on its preparation 1,4,9,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] .…”

“…score values of VHI, showing that subjects with OFD got higher values, in other words, greater negative impact when compared with diagnoses of functional and organic dysphonia. Studies indicate that laryngeal disorders cause negative impact on people's quality of life 2,12,25,28 because undertake communication and, consequently, people social relations. However, in a research which related quality of life and voice to the degree of dysphonia, no significant difference was found 2 , and in another study, with people who underwent cordectomy, with OD, it was found no reduction in scores of V-RQOL 11 .…”

“…In this context, there are scientific studies in the literature addressing the effects of voice disorders on quality of life in different populations 4,6,[9][10][11][12][13][14] . However , there are few studies correlating the variables addressed in this study (age, gender and occupational use or non occupational use of voice) with the results of the questionnaires V-RQOL and VHI 15 , and so far none of them correlated phonoaudiological diagnosis with the same questionnaires.…”