Review of the Impact of Voice Training on the Vocal Quality of Professional Voice Users: Implications for Vocal Health and Recommendations for Further Research

Hazlett, Diane; Duffy, Orla; Moorhead, S. Anne

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.08.005

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“…A literature review (27) on the impacts of vocal training in voice professionals showed that in 9 of 10 studies investigated, the results showed significant changes in vocal quality in this population, with improvement in at least one of the measures related to vocal production when compared to the pre-training assessment data.…”

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Effect of direct and indirect voice training in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology students

Santos

Borrego

Behlau

2015

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PURPOSE: To verify the effect of two approaches of vocal training in Speech Language Pathology and Audiology students, a direct and an indirect approach.METHODS: Participants were 25 female Speech Language Pathology and Audiology students divided into two groups: direct training with vocal exercises, DTG (n=13); and indirect training with vocal orientations, ITG (n=12). The training sessions were conducted by the same speech language pathologist in six weekly sessions of 30 minutes. Both groups underwent multidimensional voice assessment, pre- and post-training: vocal self-assessment; Vocal Symptoms Scale (VSS); auditory perceptual analysis of sustained vowel and connected speech; acoustic analysis of voice through the Vocal Range Profile (VRP) and Speech Range Profile (SRP); and Group Climate Questionnaire, only at the end of training.RESULTS: The DTG showed changes in auditory perceptual analysis of vowel, which was less diverted after training; and expansion of the voice range in the VRP and SRP, which proves best vocal performance. However, the ITG showed no changes in any of the parameters evaluated. In Group Climate, the ITG obtained the highest conflict score in comparison to the DTG, probably because the indirect approach did not favor exchange in the group and did not allow a better quality interaction.CONCLUSION: The direct approach provided greater benefits to students than the indirect approach, with significant change in voice quality, and can serve as inspiration to Speech Language Pathology and Audiology courses to prevent dysphonia.

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Effect of direct and indirect voice training in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology students

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Behlau

2015

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“…5 Given the pervasive ignorance of this issue and the natural tendency to consider the voice as an extension of one's personality, the very idea of voice training is alien to this less skilled group of professional voice users, though several studies have proved the beneficial effects of such training. [6][7][8][9][10] Cases of hoarseness of voice are usually diagnosed as 'teacher's nodules' or 'hemorrhagic polyp', or even 'phonasthenia' and 'dysphonia plicae ventricularis'. All of these could be corrected with proper voice therapy and training.…”

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Voice training for professional voice users

John

Poduval

2015

Int J Sci Rep

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Background: A professional voice user is defined as an individual who depends on the use of his or her voice to earn a living, and nowadays encompasses a gamut of professions ranging from highly skilled artistes to call center workers. All of them have various levels of vocal demand but not all are suitably equipped to meet these demands because of a lack of formal training. Methods: This study was conducted as a short-term project under the auspices of the ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research). The principal investigator is the first author, an undergraduate medical student, while the corresponding author is the faculty who guided the student in this endeavor. With a view to exploring how voice training, as opposed to voice therapy for a specific complaint or lesion, could improve the outcome and performance of a professional voice user with no prior training, we carried out this study in our institution and in a nearby school and college.Results: Over half the subjects were found to have a complaint about their voice. There were equal numbers of men and women in this study and the age group of 26-30 years was the best represented. This age group is significant as it represents the start of the working life of a typical individual, in this case the professional voice user. A positive correlation was found between increasing age (and years of work experience) and the frequency of a voice complaint. With years of work experience more than 15 years, the frequency of voice problems decreased slightly. On cross checking, it was found that these persons were in more senior levels of work, and so had less work pressure.Conclusions: This study shows that voice training has to be imparted over a considerable period of time even for the less skilled group of professional voice users. Keywords: Voice assessment, Voice training, Professional voice user

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“…Ważnym elementem postępowania rehabilitacyjnego jest trening głosowy usprawniający funkcjonowanie traktu głosowego (22)(23)(24). W tak prowadzonej terapii istotna jest ocena efektów leczenia, w której uwzględnia się skale subiektywne badające odczucia pacjenta dotyczące sprawności narządu głosu oraz innych narządów biorących udział w jego tworzeniu.…”

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Comparison of Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale Results With Objective and Instrumental Phoniatric Parameters Among Teacher Rehabilitees From Voice Disorders

Woźnicka¹,

Niebudek-Bogusz²,

Wiktorowicz³

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StreszczenieWprowadzenie: W postępowaniu diagnostyczno-terapeutycznym w dysfoniach zawodowych ważną rolę odgrywa samoocena głosu, która jest jednym z elementów kompleksowej ewaluacji zaburzeń głosu. Celem pracy była ocena możliwości zastosowania skali Dyskomfortu Traktu Głosowego (Vocal Tract Discomfort -VTD) w monitorowaniu skuteczności rehabilitacji głosowej, a także porównanie wyników skali VTD z obiektywnymi i instrumentalnymi metodami diagnostyki foniatrycznej. Materiał i metody: Badaniami objęto 55 nauczycieli (średnia wieku: 47,2 lat) z dysfoniami o podłożu zawodowym. Przeprowadzono kompleksową diagnostykę uwzględniającą: samoocenę głosu według skali VTD, badanie foniatryczne z wideostroboskopią, a także pomiar obiektywnego parametru aerodynamicznego -maksymalnego czasu fonacji (MCF). Po 4-miesięcznej intensywnej rehabilitacji głosu wykonano badanie kontrolne z zastosowaniem ww. metod. Wyniki: Po leczeniu uzyskano istotną poprawę w odniesieniu do subiektywnych dolegliwości mierzonych za pomocą skali VTD -zarówno w podskali częstotliwości (p = 0,000), jak i nasilenia (p = 0,000). Pozytywne efekty terapii stwierdzono także dla parametrów ocenianych w badaniu foniatrycznym (p < 0,01) i wideostroboskopowym (p < 0,01). Po rehabilitacji głosu poprawił się też obiektywny parametr MCF, który wydłużył się średnio o 5 s. Badania wykazały, że Skala Dyskomfortu Traktu Głosowego cechuje się wysoką rzetelnością -współczynnik α-Cronbacha w badaniu wstępnym wynosił: dla podskali częstotliwości symptomów -0,826, dla podskali nasilenia -0,845. Analogicznie wysoki był w badaniu kontrolnym i wynosił odpowiednio: 0,908 i 0,923. Wnioski: Skala Dyskomfortu Traktu Głosowego może być wartościowym narzędziem oceny głosu, wykorzystywanym także do monitorowania skuteczności terapii dysfonii zawodowych. Med. Pr. 2013;64(2):199-206 Słowa kluczowe: dysfonia, samoocena głosu, skala VTD, rehabilitacja głosu Abstract Background: Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures of occupational dysphonia play a major role in voice self-assessment, which is one of the elements of a comprehensive evaluation of voice disorders. The aim of the study was to assess the applicability of the Vocal Tract Discomfort (VTD) scale to monitor the effectiveness of voice rehabilitation and compare the VTD results with objective and instrumental methods of phoniatric diagnosis. Materials and Methods: The study included 55 teachers (mean age, 47.2) with occupational dysphonia. A comprehensive diagnosis took into account self-assessment by VTD scale, phoniatric examination, including laryngovideostroboscopy (LVSS) and objective measurements of the aerodynamic parameter -the maximum phonation time (MPT). After 4 months of intense rehabilitation, post-therapy examination was performed using the methods specified above. Results: After the treatment, a significant improvement was obtained in the subjective symptoms measured on a VTD scale -assessed both for the frequency (p = 0.000) and the severity (p = 0.000) subscales. Positive effects of the therapy were also observe...

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Review of the Impact of Voice Training on the Vocal Quality of Professional Voice Users: Implications for Vocal Health and Recommendations for Further Research

Cited by 99 publications

References 29 publications

Effect of direct and indirect voice training in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology students

Effect of direct and indirect voice training in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology students

Voice training for professional voice users

Comparison of Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale Results With Objective and Instrumental Phoniatric Parameters Among Teacher Rehabilitees From Voice Disorders

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