Journal•ISSN: 1401-5439
Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology
Taylor & Francis
About: Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology is an academic journal published by Taylor & Francis. The journal publishes majorly in the area(s): Phonation & Singing. It has an ISSN identifier of 1401-5439. Over the lifetime, 659 publications have been published receiving 11748 citations. The journal is also known as: Logoped Phoniatr Vocol & LPV.
Topics: Phonation, Singing, Formant, Medicine, Voice analysis
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TL;DR: In this article, a review of the literature regarding the functional consequences of voice problems and occupational risk factors for them is provided, and the salient points are as follows: According to conservative estimates, approximately 28000000 workers in the US experience daily voice problems.
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to provide a cohesive review of the literature regarding the functional consequences of voice problems and occupational risk factors for them. The salient points are as follows. According to conservative estimates, approximately 28000000 workers in the US experience daily voice problems. Many people who experience voice problems perceive them to have a negative impact on their work and their quality of life. Estimates based on empirical data suggest that, considering only lost work days and treatment expenses, the societal cost of voice problems in teachers alone may be of the order of about $2.5 billion annually in the US. In fact, across several countries, ''teacher'' consistently emerges as the common occupation most likely to seek otorhinolaryngological (ORL) evaluation for a voice problem. Other occupational categories likely to seek ORL examination for a voice problem are singer, counselor/social worker, lawyer, and clergy. Finally, US Census data indicate that keyboard ...
476 citations
TL;DR: Information on diagnosis, occupation, sex and age of new voice patients seen during a period of six months during 1992–93 were reported from the eight hospital departments of phoniatrics in Sweden, and among the voice patients the teaching professions were clearly overrepresented and so were social workers, lawyers and clergymen.
Abstract: Information on diagnosis, occupation, sex and age of new voice patients seen during a period of six months during 1992–93 were reported from the eight hospital departments of phoniatrics in Sweden. Data from altogether 1212 patients of working age were obtained. Phonasthenia was by far the most common diagnosis. Teaching professions were more common than any other occupational group. There were twice as many women as men seeking phoniatric care for voice problems. When a comparison was made with data from the Swedish Population and Housing Census 1990, it turned out that among the voice patients the teaching professions were clearly overrepresented, and so were social workers, lawyers and clergymen. The need for improved preventive voice care in the training programmes for these professions is quite clear.
244 citations
TL;DR: Investigating the effectiveness of vocal hygiene training and vocal function exercises in reducing vocal symptoms and vocal misuse, and increasing knowledge of voice care, maximum phonation time, and maximum phonational frequency range in school teachers indicates that preventative voice training for teachers is likely to be effective.
Abstract: Voice disorders in teachers have a significant impact on their occupational functioning and well being. Teachers are believed to have a high prevalence of voice problems because of the unfavourable...
135 citations
TL;DR: Phonation into glass tubes, keeping the free end of the tube in water, has been a frequently used voice therapy method in Finland for more than four decades.
Abstract: Phonation into glass tubes, keeping the free end of the tube in water, has been a frequently used voice therapy method in Finland for more than four decades. These so-called resonance tubes, introduced by Professor Sovijarvi in the 1960s, are used in different ways depending on the patient's diagnosis and the goal of the voice therapy. In this paper, some of the most common ways of using the tube are presented.
131 citations
TL;DR: The concept of laryngeal mechanism was introduced in this paper, on the basis of the transition phenomena detected by means of electroglottography, and the main physiological, acoustic, and perceptual characteristics of the most common singing voice registers are surveyed.
Abstract: Starting from Garcia's definition, the historical evolution of the notion of vocal registers from then until now is considered. Even though much research has been carried out on vocal registers since then, the notion of registers is still confused in the singing voice community, and defined in many different ways. While some authors consider a vocal register as a totally laryngeal event, others define it in terms of overall voice quality similarities. This confusion is reflected in the multiplicity of labellings, and it lies in the difficulty of identifying and specifying the mechanisms distinguished by these terms. The concept of laryngeal mechanism is then introduced, on the basis of laryngeal transition phenomena detected by means of electroglottography. It helps to specify at least the laryngeal nature of a given singing voice register. On this basis, the main physiological, acoustic, and perceptual characteristics of the most common singing voice registers are surveyed.
126 citations