Screening of voice and vocal tract changes in professional wind instrument players.

Autor: El-Demerdash AM; Phoniatrics Center, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, Egypt., Hafez NG; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Phoniatrics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt., Tanyous HN; Higher Institute of the Conservatory, Academy of Arts, Cairo, Egypt., Rezk KM; Phoniatrics Center, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, Egypt., Shadi MS; Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Phoniatrics Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. mariamshadi@med.asu.edu.eg.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery [Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol] 2024 Sep; Vol. 281 (9), pp. 4903-4911. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jul 08.
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-024-08755-1
Abstrakt: Purpose: Playing wind instruments is a strenuous task on the larynx, predisposing players to voice disorders. This study aims to evaluate potential vocal symptoms and vocal tract alterations in professional wind instrumentalists.
Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 26 male military subjects were interviewed, completed the voice handicap index (VHI) -10 questionnaire, and subjected to auditory-perceptual assessment, neck examination, rigid laryngostroboscopy and flexible nasofiberoscopy both before and during instrument playing.
Results: All participants had vocal fatigue symptoms, around one-quarter complained of voice change, one-quarter complained of shortness of breath while or after performing, and one-third complained of neck symptoms. The average score of VHI-10 was 16.2 ± 6.5, and approximately three-quarters of participants scored above the cut-off point. There were no significant correlations between age, years of instrument playing, average hours of daily practice, and VHI-10. Participants with neck symptoms had significantly higher VHI-10 scores. Those (around one-fifth) with an external neck swelling during Valsalva maneuver had a significantly higher VHI-10 score. Dysphonia, mainly mild and of strained, leaky quality, was detected in almost one-third of participants. While the instrument was being played, the vocal folds were somewhat adducted, and the vocal tract became more compressed as the task became more demanding. The most frequent observations in the vocal tract examination were hyperemia of the vocal folds or all over the laryngeal and pharyngeal mucosa, excessive secretions over the vocal folds, signs of hyperadduction, arytenoid edema, and phonatory waste.
Conclusion: Wind instrumentalists frequently experience voice disorders, which necessitate further care and investigation.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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