Immediate Impact of Vocal Demand, Likelihood of Dysphonia, and Performance Aspects in Amateur Protestant Singers.

Objectives: To analyze the immediate impact of vocal demand, probability of dysphonia, and performance aspects in amateur protestant singers.

Methods: Cross-sectional, analytical study, with 76 amateur singers from a protestant church, 60 women and 16 men. All participants responded to a sociodemographic and performance questionnaire, the Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily for Brazil (EASE-BR), and the Dysphonia Screening Tool (DST-Br).

Musical Performance Anxiety and Voice Handicap in Amateur Evangelical Singers.

Objective: To compare and correlate musical performance anxiety (MPA) and vocal self-perception among amateur evangelical singers, focusing on the interaction between anxiety and aspects of performance in this sample.

Method: This study employed a cross-sectional and quantitative approach, involving 75 amateur gospel singers from evangelical churches, aged between 18 and 59 years. Data collection included the administration of a sample identification and characterization questionnaire, the Brazilian Portuguese version of the Kenny Music Performance Anxiety Inventory (K-MPAI), and the Singing Voice Handicap Index (S-VHI).

Self-Perceived Vocal Symptoms and Discomfort in Amateur Church Singers.

Purpose: To analyze self-perceived vocal symptoms and discomfort in amateur church singers and compare them between genders and church types.

Methods: It was a quantitative cross-sectional study involving 99 amateur church singers aged between 18 and 59years. Data collection was carried out through the completion of a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS), and the Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale (VTDS).

Quality of life in dysphagia and anxiety and depression symptoms pre and post-thyroidectomy.

Purpose: To correlate the dysphagia quality of life and symptoms of anxiety and depression before and after thyroidectomy.

Methods: Observational, longitudinal, prospective, and experimental study. Twenty patients participated, with a mean age of 54 years, prevalence of females (n=17; 85%) and partial thyroidectomy (n=14; 70%).

Voice-related quality of life and emotional symptoms before and after thyroidectomy.

Purpose: To correlate voice-related quality of life, anxiety, and depression symptoms pre- and post-thyroidectomy.

Methods: Observational, longitudinal, prospective, and quantitative study. Twenty patients participated in the study, with a mean age of 54 years, who underwent thyroidectomy, laryngeal visual examination, and the Voice-Related Quality of Life and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale questionnaires at different times: preoperative, 1 week and 3 months post-thyroidectomy, with a higher prevalence of females (85%; n=17) and partial thyroidectomy (70%; n=14).

Vocal Sensory Symptoms, Vocal Fatigue and Vocal Habits in University Professors.

Purpose: To identify vocal sensory symptoms, vocal fatigue, and vocal habits, compare and correlate them in university professors who have passed or failed a screening related to vocal symptoms.

Study Design: Cross-sectional, quantitative, non-randomized study.

Methods: The professors responded to four vocal self-assessment Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROM): the Brazilian validated version of the Voice Symptom Scale (VoiSS), the Brazilian version (not validated) of the Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale, the Brazilian validated version of the Vocal Fatigue Index and the validated version of the Vocal Health and Hygiene Questionnaire ("Questionário de Saúde e Higiene Vocal - QSHV," in Portuguese).

The relationship between vocal fatigue and voice-related quality of life in university professors.

Purpose: To identify and correlate vocal fatigue and voice-related quality of life in university professors and verify possible differences between genders.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional, observational, and analytical study approved by the Research Ethics Committee of the institution under number 1,708,786. The Voice Fatigue Index (VFI) and the Voice Related Quality of Life (VRQOL) were applied to 126 university professors, 71 women and 55 men, with an average age of 43 years.

Quantitative Ultrasound Assessment of Hyoid Bone Displacement During Swallowing Following Thyroidectomy.

The aim of this study was to investigate temporal ultrasound measurements of the hyoid bone displacement during swallowing following thyroidectomy in women and to relate these measures to age, clinical outcomes, and upper digestive airway symptoms. The sample was divided into an experimental group (EG) of 20 women who underwent thyroidectomy (mean age = 49.55 years ± 15.

Patient Concerns Inventory for head and neck cancer: Brazilian cultural adaptation.

Objective:: The purpose of this study was to translate, culturally validate and evaluate the Patients Concerns Inventory - Head and Neck (PCI-H&N) in a consecutive series of Brazilian patients.

Method:: This study included adult patients treated for upper aerodigestive tract (UADT) cancer. The translation and cultural adaptation of the PCI-H&N followed internationally accepted guidelines and included a pretest sample of patients that completed the first Brazilian Portuguese version of the PCI.

Sensory symptoms in patients undergoing thyroidectomy.

Purpose: To verify the occurrence of sensory symptoms in thyroidectomy patients pre- and post-operatively.

Methods: This is a prospective, quantitative, descriptive study conducted with a sample of twelve patients undergoing thyroidectomy. The participants underwent visual laryngeal examination and responded to the Upper Aerodigestive Symptoms (UADS) and Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale (VTDS) questionnaires before and after the surgery.

Quality of life in swallowing of the elderly patients affected by stroke.

Background: - The elderly population faces many difficulties as a result of the aging process. Conceptualize and evaluate their life quality is a challenge, being hard to characterize the impact on daily activities and on functional capacity. The stroke is one of the most disabling neurological diseases, becoming a public health problem.

Characteristics of voice and personality of patients with vocal fold immobility.

Purpose: To examine the voice and personality characteristics of patients diagnosed with organic dysphonia secondary to vocal fold immobility.

Methods: The study comprised patients of both genders, attending the Clinic School of Speech Therapy of the Federal University of Paraíba, with otorhinolaryngological diagnosis of vocal fold immobility and speech therapy diagnosis of dysphonia. The self-assessment of voice was measured through a Vocal Screening Protocol and Voice Symptoms Scale (VoiSS), the voice was collected for auditory-perceptive evaluation, and the Factorial Personality Battery (FPB) was used.

Vocal characteristics during child development: perceptual-auditory and acoustic data.

Objective: To analyze perceptual-auditory and acoustic characteristics of children's voices of different age ranges.

Patients And Methods: Ninety-three 3- to 10-year-old children grouped from 3 to 5, 6 to 7, and 8 to 10 years served as participants. The severity of vocal deviation and the parameters of roughness, breathiness, strain, and instability were assessed using a visual analog scale.

Vocal handicap and quality of life after treatment of advanced squamous carcinoma of the larynx and/or hypopharynx.

Objective/hypothesis: To evaluate and correlate voice-specific quality of life (QOL) and health-related QOL (HR-QOL) after treatment for advanced cancer of the larynx and/or hypopharynx.

Study Design: Cross-sectional study.

Methods: Patients submitted to partial laryngectomy (PL), salvage PL (sPL), concomitant radiotherapy and chemotherapy (RT+Chemo), total laryngectomy (TL), salvage TL (sTL), total pharyngolaryngectomy (TP) and salvage total pharyngolaryngectomy (sTP).

Quality of life related to swallowing after tongue cancer treatment.

The surgical treatment of tongue cancer, with or without reconstruction and/or radiotherapy, leads to different levels of voice, speech, and deglutition disorders. Evaluating the quality of life related to these swallowing alterations is important to further our knowledge about the impact of such alterations from the patient's point of view. Our objective was to describe the quality of life related to swallowing in patients treated for tongue cancer, using specific questionnaires.