Abstract
IntroductionSingers are one of the groups of voice professionals with higher prevalence of vocal pathology due to their profession and lifestyle. MethodProspective ex post study was carried out to study the self-perception of vocal disability of 180 subjects (91 singers and 89 non-singers) using the Jacobson et al. (1998) Voice Handicap Index (VHI). The relationship of the test score and various risk factors has also been studied. ResultsSingers scored higher (21.49) than non-singers (17) on the VHI questionnaire. Regarding on sex, women reached higher scores (28.15) than men (12.33). Regarding on risk factors we have observed that smokers show significant higher scores (23.42) than non-smokers (15.30). ConclusionsThe subjects with more vocal use, in this case the singers, present higher scores on the VHI. That also occurs with women and smokers. These results are statistically significant only in the case of the variables smokes and sex.
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