Mariane Maião Pereira, Léslie Piccolotto Ferreira, Emilse Aparecida Merlin Servilha, Maria Cristina de Menezes Borrego, Marta Assumpção de Andrada E Silva, Susana Pimentel Pinto Giannini
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Abstract
Purpose: To analyze the effects of implementing a Voice Program in a group setting, focusing on the record of vocal symptoms and self-reporting by teachers with voice disorders.
Method: This is a longitudinal study with preintervention and postintervention assessments. The study included 23 female teachers with voice disorders who participated in the Voice Program at a municipal hospital. All participants underwent otorhinolaryngological assessment (diagnosis) and speech-language evaluation of voice (assessment of health aspects and treatments, GRBAS Scale (classifies hoarseness, roughness, breathiness, asthenia [weakness] and tension), pitch, loudness, resonance, respiratory type, and pneumophonoarticulatory coordination) and completed the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-10) and Vocal Production Condition-Teacher instruments. The Screening Index for Voice Disorder (SIVD), Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI), and Voice Self-Report (VSR-Initial and VSR-Final) instruments were used for group comparison of preintervention and postintervention data collection. Effects were recorded by analyzing these instruments and participant self-reports. Statistical analysis compared SIVD and VFI scores before and after the intervention. The VSR-I and VSR-F analysis was conducted by reviewing the material to establish objective categories for record classification.
Results: Preintervention and postintervention data analysis showed a statistically significant reduction in SIVD scores postintervention and a decrease in the total symptoms reported (notably for clearing throat, dry cough, cough with secretion, and pain while swallowing), as well as in the overall average of VFI domains. Upon completing the program, self-reports showed that teachers noted changes in their voices, reporting aspects related to their vocal care and habits.
Conclusion: The analyzed program proved effective in reducing vocal symptoms, especially those related to vocal fatigue, accompanied by positive self-reports on habit changes.
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The Journal of Voice is widely regarded as the world''s premiere journal for voice medicine and research. This peer-reviewed publication is listed in Index Medicus and is indexed by the Institute for Scientific Information. The journal contains articles written by experts throughout the world on all topics in voice sciences, voice medicine and surgery, and speech-language pathologists'' management of voice-related problems. The journal includes clinical articles, clinical research, and laboratory research. Members of the Foundation receive the journal as a benefit of membership.
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