Publications by authors named "Troy Dargin"
Objectives: This study described voice use and lifestyle information about student singers with a focus on describing differences in self-reported information at study intake compared to data from 21 consecutive days of a voice Log.
Methods: Twenty-seven student singers estimated voice and lifestyle behaviors at study initiation including daily speaking time, singing/performance time, vocal warm-up, and cool-down minutes; fluid intake; perceived effort when talking, and when singing, among other items. These same parameters were tracked for 21 consecutive days in a voice log kept by the singer at home.
Objectives: This study described voice use and lifestyle information from student speech-language pathologists (SLP) and assessed the impact of history gathering method on the acquired data.
Methods: One hundred sixty-two SLP students completed a detailed history form and estimated voice and life style parameters at study intake and subsequently tracked the same parameters daily for three consecutive weeks. Nonparametric statistical comparisons were applied to assess differences in estimates at intake versus the 3-week log.
Objectives: This study described voice use and lifestyle information about student actors and assessed whether different information is reported at study intake compared to data extracted from a 3-week voice Log.
Methods: Twenty-five student actors estimated 14 voice and life style parameters at the start of the study. These included daily speaking time, performance time, vocal warm-up, and cool-down time; intake of water, caffeine, and alcohol; perceived voice effort (speaking and performance), among other items.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare the changes in laryngeal activity from baseline during three different semioccluded vocal tract exercises (SOVTs).
Study Design: This is a prospective case-series study.
Methods: Transnasal stroboscopy was performed while four singers performed three SOVTs (straw phonation, lip trill, and tongue trill) to evaluate laryngeal changes during the execution of SOVTs.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe changes in aerodynamic and electroglottographic (EGG) measures immediately after completing three semi-occluded vocal tract (SOVT) exercises.
Study Design: Prospective case series.
Methods: Aerodynamic and EGG measurements were obtained before and immediately after performing three SOVTs (straw phonation, lip trill, and tongue trill) in four singers for prepost comparisons to evaluate laryngeal changes persisting beyond the execution of SOVTs.