Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Iraq
Akbaruddin Ali, working at Mashhad University Of Medical Sciences, place of living is Iraq, Subjects of Specialization are Body Pain, Voice Users, Medical Sciences, Medical, succesfully published- Review: Body Pain in Professional Voice Users, workng mail id- Akbaruddin@edu.in
Research Article
Body Pain in Professional Voice Users
Author(s): Akbaruddin Ali*
The association between body pain and voice disorder symptoms has been clinically observed but not
properlyinvestigated. Intense voice use in which there is an overloading of the vocal mechanism, with strain
and effortfulphonation may cause discomfort or even pain while speaking. The purpose of this research was to
identify,categorize and compare body pains among different professional voice users, their vocal self-assessment,
theirvoice complaints and their sick leave history. A total of 840 individuals, 591 women and 249 men (150
nonprofessional voice users, 100 20 popular singers, 50 classical choral singers, 150 telemarketers, 150
speechlanguage pathologists, 90 actors and 150 teachers) volunteered to participate in this study. They answered
a selfassessment questionnaire that investigated voice usage, voice complaints and presence of 13 different body
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