Self-rated vocal complaints relationship to Vocal Tract Discomfort and Singers Voice Handicap Index in Iranian religious singers.

Purpose: The religious singing is a popular group of professional voice users in Iran which is performed in a sadness form to persuade the audiences to cry and think to holy persons. This style has its own unique vocal demands and abuses. Therefore, the present study, for the first time, aimed to investigate the prevalence of self-reported vocal complaints, vocal discomfort symptoms, and its effects on the vocal-related life of the Iranian religious singers.