Voice disorders
Conditions
Interventions
This is a one-arm clinical study. Experimental group: 15 women and 15 men, aged between 18 and 50 years, with or without vocal complaints. They will perform the vocal exercise that consists of blowing
Sponsors
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Age between 18 and 50 years; sign the Informed Consent Form
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Presence of disease of cardiovascular origin; neurological or auditory disease; cleft lips and/or palate; facial or rib fractures; upper airway obstruction at the time of collection; severe kidney disorders; untreated pneumothorax; being a smoker; having performed previous speech therapy; not completing all stages of the study
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To evaluate the changes in the voice acoustic variables: number of harmonics, fundamental frequency (F0), noise, glottal to noise excitation (GNE), Jitter and Shimmer, Cepstral Peak Prominence (CPP), and Cepstral Peak Prominence-Smoothed (CPPs), through acoustic voice analysis, based on voice recording, at the moments before and after exercise.;To evaluate the changes in the self-perception of vocal discomfort, measured using a numerical visual scale, based on the participant's report, at the moments before and after exercise.;To evaluate the changes in the auditory-perceptual assessment of the voice, through voice analysis by three expert speech therapists, based on the voice recording, at the moments before and after exercise. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcomes are not expected. | — |
Countries
Brazil
Contacts
Public ContactRenata Furlan
Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Outcome results
None listed