Abstract
ABSTRACT Purpose: to describe the transgender people’s self-perception of voice. Methods: a total of 60 people participated in this cross-sectional study. They attended a reference outpatient center for the health of lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgender people. The data collection consisted of self-administered questionnaires, a participant’s profile questionnaire, and a voice self-assessment questionnaire. Results: most of the interviewees were young people who had never visited a speech-language-hearing therapist with the Public Health System (Sistema Único de Saúde); in general, they expressed interest in having such attention. The answers revealed an impact in the axes assessed, namely: “use of the voice in social life”, “mischaracterization of gender, due to the voice”, and “indication of dysphonia". Voice symptom characteristic of dysphonia was also identified in some people. Conclusion: transgender people are unsatisfied with their voices, which is an element that hinders the perception of the identified gender. It also has repercussions in their social, emotional, labor, and interpersonal lives. Hence, it is important to include speech-language-hearing therapy in the transgendering process, which is desired by most of the transgender people.
Highlights
Transgender people are those whose gender identity differs from the gender attributed to them at birth
Transgender people go to services where they feel more welcomed; for this reason, this outpatient center takes care of these people’s health, either in issues related to the transgendering process or not
The pain and discomfort when speaking for long, apparently more present among transgender women, is a symptom that requires assessment and intervention. Hoarseness is another aspect that requires speech-languagehearing attention, as this symptom reveals a potential dysphonia and is one of the complaints in transgender people[11]. Based on this analysis of this group’s selfperception, it is understood that transgender people are unsatisfied with their voices
Summary
Transgender people are those whose gender identity differs from the gender attributed to them at birth Transgender men are those who identify themselves in behaviors, names, and appearance attributed to males, and need to be socially recognized as any other man. Transgender women are those who identify themselves with characteristics attributed to females and need to be socially recognized as any other woman[1]. The term transvestite is socially stigmatized and oftentimes associated with prostitution[1] These people take on them a new name and a modified physical structure to give sense to a body that seems to be mistaken[2]. They make use of interventions, hormones, and even surgeries, to feel more in consonance with their gender identity[1]
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