The Copenhagen Neck Functional Disability Scale: an analysis of singers with dysphonia and without vocal complaints.

Purpose: To analyze and compare the degree of cervical disability in singers with dysphonia and in singers without self-reported vocal complaints.

Methods: A cross-sectional observational analysis. Sixty-two singers participated in the study: Thirty-two singers without vocal complaints and 30 singers with a speech-language pathology and otorhinolaryngological diagnosis of dysphonia.

Vocal risk in preachers: talkativeness, vocal loudness, and knowledge about vocal health and hygiene.

Purpose The objective of this study was to investigate the knowledge of preachers about aspects of vocal health and hygiene and evaluate talkativeness and vocal loudness self-perceived during labor and extra-labor situations aiming to understand the possibility of vocal risk in these professionals. Methods Fifty male preachers aged 22 to 73 years were evaluated. They responded to two self-assessment questionnaires on vocal health and hygiene and talkativeness and vocal loudness.