Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Self-reported Voice Problems Among Hindu Temple Priests

Devadas, Usha; Hegde, Manisha; Maruthy, Santosh

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2018.03.020

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“…These include smoke exposure, irregular food habits (e.g., fasting), and chewing betel leaves. Exposure to smoke or chanting in the presence of smoke leads to mucosal irritation and increases the need or urge to clear the throat [18]. In the present study, 89% of the participants reported smoke exposure for >3 h per day.…”

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confidence: 55%

“…A self-report questionnaire was developed based on previous literature review [8, 18, 21] and expert opinion. This questionnaire was provided to 3 expert speech-language pathologists with a minimum of 5 years of experience for content validation.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A S-CVI score of 0.81 was obtained for the final 36-item questionnaire, indicative of excellent content validity [23]. The questions were broadly classified under the following domains: (a) lifestyle characteristics, (b) phonotraumatic behaviors, and (c) medical and health-related factors, which were based on previous literature [18, 21, 24, 25]. The questionnaire used in the present study is provided in the Appendix.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…A study of Hindu Purohits revealed that acoustic measures such as average fundamental frequency, average intensity, noise harmonic ratio, jitter, shimmer, and cepstral peak prominence were similar for both the control and experimental (Purohits) groups [17]. Devadas et al [18] administered a self-report questionnaire to 124 Hindu priests working in temples in and around Mangalore, India. The study explored different domains such as demographic data, occupation, phonotraumatic behaviors, lifestyle, and health-related factors.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Vocal and Nonvocal Habits among Vedic Chanters

Ramani

Balasubramanium

Gunjawate

2019

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Objectives: The objective of the present study was to explore the voice concerns and vocal and nonvocal habits of Vedic chanters. Participants and Method: A cross-sectional design was used to study 200 Vedic chanters using a 36-item questionnaire. This questionnaire was developed and administered to explore their voice concerns and vocal and nonvocal habits. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize the findings and K-means cluster analysis was carried out to identify clusters concerning voice quality and influence of habits. Results: The majority of Vedic chanters were involved in certain vocal habits such as use of loud voice while chanting and frequent throat clearing. Further, approximately half of the chanters expressed a concern towards their voice, while a vast majority experienced vocal fatigue. Cluster analysis helped in identification of 4 clusters: Vedic chanters with (1) good lifestyle and good voice characteristics (n = 107), (2) good lifestyle but bad voice characteristics (n = 15), (2) poor lifestyle and good voice characteristics (n = 51), and (4) poor lifestyle leading to bad voice characteristics (n = 27). Conclusion: The findings of the present study provide useful information on voice concern and vocal and nonvocal habits among a unique population of individuals. The current study of Vedic chanters highlights the need to have a detailed understanding of their specific voice usage, demands, and voice characteristics.

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confidence: 55%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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confidence: 99%

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Vocal and Nonvocal Habits among Vedic Chanters

Ramani

Balasubramanium

Gunjawate

2019

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“…Há produção científica expressiva sobre a voz de professores e cantores decorrente da maior suscetibilidade para desenvolverem disfonia, porém, outras atividades profissionais podem apresentar alto risco para problemas de voz (8) . Profissionais como operadores de telemarketing, vendedores, religiosos, dentre outros, têm despertado o interesse dos especialistas (9)(10)(11)(12) . Entretanto, outras categorias, como profissionais da saúde e aqueles que desenvolvem funções administrativas, por exemplo, não têm sido foco de estudos sobre o tema.…”

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Qual o risco de disfonia em trabalhadores que usam a voz em ambiente universitário?

Silva

Simões-Zenari

Nemr

2021

Audiol., Commun. Res.

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RESUMO Objetivo avaliar o risco de disfonia e a presença de alteração vocal em profissionais de diferentes categorias que atuam em ambiente universitário. Métodos pesquisa transversal com uso do Protocolo de Rastreio de Risco de Disfonia para análise das variáveis gênero, idade, hidratação, tabagismo, categoria profissional e demanda vocal e para cálculo do escore final. A gravação da voz ocorreu no ambiente de trabalho, com uso do protocolo Consenso da Avaliação Perceptivo-Auditiva da Voz - CAPE-V. A análise perceptivo-auditiva foi feita por juízes. Os dados foram comparados entre os grupos alto/baixo risco de disfonia e presença/ausência de alteração vocal. Resultados participaram 80 indivíduos, média de idade de 47,7 anos, 84% do gênero feminino. Observou-se alto risco de disfonia em 70% deles e alteração vocal em 34%. Hidratação insuficiente e tabagismo foram frequentes. No grupo com risco elevado de disfonia e presença de alteração vocal destacaram-se os funcionários da área administrativa e, no grupo com menor risco e sem alteração, os funcionários da saúde. Idade mais avançada foi associada à presença de alteração vocal, independentemente dos grupos. Conclusão a identificação do alto risco de disfonia e a relevante presença de alterações vocais em indivíduos de diferentes categorias profissionais que fazem parte do ambiente universitário sugerem a necessidade de propostas de ações preventivas e de promoção de saúde do trabalhador.

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