Heard But Not Seen-Swedish Opera Choristers' Thoughts on Occupational Environment and Vocal Health, an Explorative Qualitative Study.

Objective: Professional operatic singing is vocally demanding, making the maintenance of professional vocal health a paramount concern for the opera chorister. Occupational environment has been shown to affect vocal health for other vocally dependent professions. Hence, the objective of the current study was to explore what occupational environment factors affect the professional vocal health of Swedish opera choristers.