Fear of public speaking: the effects of a communicational improvement training on physiological parameters and the perception of communication.

Presentations to audiences are often seen as challenging by university students, causing physiological reactivity on cortisol levels and heart rate, for example. Many students perceive that they have difficulties expressing themselves or do not consider themselves to be good communicators. With the thought that efficient communication is able to bring well-being and more confidence, it is understood that a communication skills training could mitigate adverse effects on the body during public speaking.

What are the Symptoms that Characterize the Clinical Condition of Vocal Fatigue? A Scoping Review and Meta-Analysis.

Introduction: Vocal fatigue is a clinical manifestation associated with a perception of negative vocal adjustment. It is related to the increase in the sensation of excessive effort when speaking and the lack of conditioning of the muscles and structures that involve vocal production. Because it has a complex and multifactorial diagnosis, there is still no consensus on the symptoms most commonly found in this clinical condition.

Impacts of self-reported communication perception and shyness on the public speaking assessment of university students.

Purpose: To compare self-assessment when speaking in public, using the Self-Statements During Public Speaking scale, with the communicational perception and self-reported shyness of university students.

Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional observational study. University students from different areas of knowledge in Brazil were invited to participate in this study.

Reducing the gap between science and clinic: lessons from academia and professional practice - part B: traditional vocal therapy techniques and modern electrostimulation and photobiomodulation techniques applied to vocal rehabilitation.

This text is the continuation of the XVIII SBFa Congress publication. In part "A" we presented the analyses on clinical vocal evaluation. Part "B" focuses on vocal rehabilitation: 4.

Reducing the GAP between science and clinic: lessons from academia and professional practice - part A: perceptual-auditory judgment of vocal quality, acoustic vocal signal analysis and voice self-assessment.

During the XXVIII Brazilian Congress of SBFa, 24 specialists met and, from a leading position on scientific research as a tool for connecting laboratory and clinic, five fronts of knowledge of the voice specialty were discussed as following: Perceptual-auditory judgment of vocal quality; 2. Acoustic analysis of the vocal signal; 3. Voice self-assessment; 4.

Analysis of the singing voice handicap index for elderly choristers.

Purpose: To analyze the singing voice handicap index in elderly choristers and verify its relationship with the profile, habits and health conditions of the participants.

Methods: 110 individuals aged 60 years or older, participating in amateur choirs, were included. Choir singers were interviewed in order to verify data such as age, time in choir singing, vocal classification, and the presence of habits and health conditions adverse to voice production.

Vocal parameters, muscle palpation, self-perception of voice symptoms, pain, and vocal fatigue in women with muscle tension dysphonia.

Purpose: To identify muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) signs and symptoms, as well as to analyze the results of vocal parameters, the physical clinical examination of muscle palpation, the self-perception of vocal symptoms, vocal pain, and fatigue of women with MTD and compare them with women with healthy voices.

Methods: a cross-sectional study with 45 women (23 with MTD and 22 controls), similar median age between groups. The speech-language and otorhinolaryngological evaluation determined the diagnosis of MTD.

Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation in Dysphonic Patients: A Systematic Review.

Objective: This paper aims to systematically review the application methods and clinical outcomes of transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in the rehabilitation of dysphonic patients.

Methods: The study consists of a systematic review performed in the Medline (via PubMed), Cochrane Library, Scopus and Lilacs databases, using a search strategy related to the research theme. Inclusion criteria involve experimental studies that investigated the effects of TENS on dysphonic patients, published in the last 15 years in Portuguese, English or Spanish.

Motivational Stage Analysis of Patients with Behavioral Dysphonia.

Objective: To analyze the applicability of the University of Rhode Island Change Assessment (URICA)-VOICE scale before and after a therapeutic program for functional balance in voice production.

Patients And Methods: The sample comprised 26 adult participants (18 female) from the -Brazilian Public Healthcare System. The URICA-VOICE scale was applied prior to the intervention and after 10 sessions of a therapeutic program.

Adherence of Patients With Dysphonia to Voice Therapy: Systematic Review.

Adherence expresses the patient's degree of commitment to the therapeutic process. It's necessary for professionals to know how to evaluate it in order to plan more effective conducts. This study aims to perform a systematic review of the adherence of patients with a dysphonia setting to voice therapy programs.

Efficacy of Myofunctional Therapy Associated with Voice Therapy in the Rehabilitation of Neurogenic Oropharyngeal Dysphagia: a pilot study.

 Dysphagia causes changes in the laryngeal and stomatognathic structures; however, the use of vocal exercises is poorly described.  To verify whether the therapy consisting of myofunctional exercises associated with vocal exercises is more effective in rehabilitating deglutition in stroke patients.  This is a pilot study made up of two distinct groups: a control group, which performed only myofunctional exercises, and an experimental group, which performed myofunctional and vocal exercises.

Effects of a Voice Therapy Program for Patients with Muscle Tension Dysphonia.

Objective: This study aimed to verify the effects of a voice therapy program focusing on patients with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD).

Patients And Methods: The sample comprised 30 participants diagnosed with MTD, 8 men and 22 women, none of whom was a voice professional. The assessments and reassessments employed the perceptual-auditory protocol GRBASI, measures of maximum phonation times, s/z ratio, and acoustic voice analysis.

The Effectiveness of the EASE Scale in the Development of a Vocal Warm-up Program for an Amateur Choir.

Objectives: This study aims to assess the effectiveness of the EASE-BR (Evaluation of the Ability to Sing Easily for Brazil) protocol in the development of a vocal warm-up program for members of an amateur choir.

Study Design: This is a prospective cross-sectional study measuring pre- and postintervention results at two moments.

Methods: Forty-four subjects filled out a questionnaire to characterize the sample and underwent two major applications of the EASE-BR scale-the first to determine the group's vocal requirements and the second to assess the performance after the application of a customized vocal warm-up routine.

Postswallow voice modification: compatibility with videofluoroscopy findings.

Purpose: Verify whether voice modification after swallowing is associated with videofluoroscopic examination data.

Methods: 27 patients with oropharyngeal dysphagia underwent recording of sustained phonation of vowel /a/ before and after swallowing during videofluoroscopy. The GRBAS scale and the wet voice parameter were used to evaluate the data.

Effects of Voice Therapy on Muscle Tension Dysphonia: A Systematic Literature Review.

The present study aimed to carry out a systematic review of the effects of voice therapy on individuals diagnosed with muscle tension dysphonia (MTD) or hyperfunctional dysphonia. This is a systematic literature review on the databases Medline (via PubMed), Cochrane Library, Scopus, and Lilacs using a search strategy related to the theme of the study. The selection included clinical trials that assessed the effects of speech therapy intervention on patients diagnosed with MTD or hyperfunctional dysphonia published over the last 10 years in Portuguese, English, or Spanish.

Factors Involved in Vocal Fatigue: A Pilot Study.

Objective: The purpose of this retrospective study was to determine the vocal characteristics of a treatment-seeking population with the primary complaint of vocal fatigue (VF).

Methods: Forty-three men (mean age 42 years, range 19-69) and 145 women (mean age 34 years, range 18-68) were included. None of the subjects had received voice therapy or previous laryngeal surgery.

Factors Associated With Attrition in Randomized Controlled Trials of Vocal Rehabilitation: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Objectives/hypothesis: This study aimed to determine the dropout rates and the reasons for dropout in randomized clinical trials of vocal rehabilitation.

Study Design: This study used systematic review and meta-analysis (CRD42013003807).

Methods: We included randomized controlled trials for voice disorders.

Effects of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in the Rehabilitation of Communication and Deglutition Disorders: Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials.

Objective: To systematically review randomized controlled trials that evaluate the effects of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS) on rehabilitation aspects related to communication and swallowing functions.

Methods: A search was conducted on PubMed, Clinical Trials, Cochrane Library, and ASHA electronic databases. Studies were judged according to the eligibility criteria and analyzed by 2 independent and blinded researchers.

Measurement of Voice Quality, Anxiety and Depression Symptoms After Speech Therapy.

Objective: To verify changes in vocal behavior of dysphonia patients and components of anxiety and depression symptoms before and after voice therapy.

Study Design: It is an uncontrolled clinical trial on individuals with dysphonia who attended voice therapy at the outpatient clinic of a hospital in southern Brazil.

Methods: Statistical analysis was carried out using descriptive statistics, Mann-Whitney and Wilcoxon tests, assuming maximum significance level of 5% (P ≤ 0.