Understanding Performers' Perspectives on Access to Care and Support for Voice Injuries: A Survey Study.

Introduction: Previous studies show that performers face higher risk of voice injury and experience greater impairment compared to nonperformers. Understanding the factors influencing support for performers is important for improving outcomes.

Methods: An anonymous online survey was distributed to a target audience of performers with past voice injury, inquiring about their understanding of voice injury "red flags," access to voice care support resources, treatment adherence, and comfort discussing injury with others.

Performers With History of Voice Injury: A Survey Study of Treatment Outcomes and Vocal Function.

Introduction: Past studies show that performers are more susceptible to voice injury, have higher incidence of injury, and experience greater vocal impairment than non-performers. Despite literature demonstrating otherwise, there remains fear and stigma that voice injury is a career-ending circumstance. Much of this is due to a lack of information about post-treatment vocal function.

Performers' Perceptions of Vocal Function During Oral Steroid Treatment of Vocal Fold Edema.

Objectives: Acute vocal fold edema (VFE) is often a consequence of illness, allergy, or voice overuse, causing dysphonia. Although VFE typically resolves with voice rest and treatment of predisposing causes, oral glucocorticoids are often considered for performers with imminent performance demands. There are limited data about performers' perceptions of vocal change during treatment and how this relates to their ability to perform.

Prospective Evaluation of Safety of Singing on Steroids: Testing the Truth of Received Wisdom.

Objectives/hypothesis: Performing while on steroids is widely considered to increase risk of vocal injury. This study aims to determine incidence and type of injury, and changes in performers' voices after treatment of vocal fold edema (VFE) with glucocorticoids.

Study Design: Prospective Cohort.

Voice Change Following Testosterone Supplementation in Women: A Multi-Institutional Case Series.

Objectives: To describe voice changes as a result of the off-label use of androgen supplementation in women.

Methods: A multi-institutional retrospective consecutive case series identified women taking androgen supplementation who presented to voice clinics at two institutions with a chief complaint of voice change between 2014 and 2019. Age, occupation, hormone therapy, indication, Voice Handicap Index-10, fundamental frequency, semitone pitch range, testosterone blood level, treatment undertaken, and long-term outcome were collected.