Main reasons that lead popular-music singing teachers to seek speech-language pathology assistance for their students

Monteiro, Juliana Ceglio; Madazio, Glaucya; Pacheco, Claudia; Behlau, Mara

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Original Article • CoDAS 32 (2) • 2020 • https://doi.org/10.1590/2317-1782/20192018242 copy

Main reasons that lead popular-music singing teachers to seek speech-language pathology assistance for their students

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ABSTRACT

Purpose

To identify the parameters that influences the decision of singing teachers to seek speech-language pathology (SLP) assistance for their students.

Methods

The study sample comprised 48 popular-music singing teachers, male and female, aged 37.96 years on average. The participants responded to a 10 closed-question questionnaire prepared by the researchers via the SurveyMonkey platform. The questions referred to the reasons why singing teachers seek SLP assistance, as well as to the knowledge of these teachers regarding chronic hoarseness as a risk symptom to identify other lesions in the larynx.

Results

Singing teachers seek SLP assistance for their students in the presence of hoarseness complaints and impaired speech sound articulation. The singing teachers assessed did not consider vocal tiredness complaint as a determining factor for referral to SLP evaluation. Most study participants were not aware that a hoarseness complaint for over 15 days can be indicative of larynx tumor. There was no influence of the variables age and time of professional experience in the referral to SLP assistance.

Conclusion

Most of the singing teachers who participated in this study sought SLP assistance for their students when they presented hoarseness complaints and impaired speech sound articulation.

Keywords
Health Evaluation; Singing; Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences; Music; Voice

Variable and category	n	%	p-value
Difficulty in high notes
Yes	27	55.10	0.481
No	22	44.90	0.481
Breathing difficulties
Yes	22	44.90	0.481
No	27	55.10	0.481
Complaint of hoarse voice
Yes	43	87.76	<0.001*
No	6	12.24	<0.001*
Difficulties in the articulation of speech sounds
Yes	33	67.35	0.026*
No	16	32.65	0.026*
Complaint of lack of vocal projection
Yes	19	38.78	0.132
No	30	61.22	0.132
Complaint of reflux
Yes	28	57.14	0.479
No	21	42.86	0.479
Complaint of tiredness when talking for a few hours in a row
Yes	13	26.53	0.004*
No	36	73.47	0.004*
Can only sing with increase vocal loudness
Yes	26	53.06	0.670
No	23	46.94	0.670
Frequent clear throat, dry throat or other discomfort in the throat
Yes	19	38.78	0.132
No	30	61.22	0.132
Did you know that a hoarse voice for more than 15 days may be a sign of vocal tumor
Yes	14	28.57	0.008^* * p<0.05
No	35	71.43	0.008^* * p<0.05

Variable and category	Yes			No			p-value
Variable and category	Mean	SD	Median	Mean	SD	Median	p-value
Difficulty in high notes
Age	37.15	6.87	36.00	38.95	8.69	35.00	0.672
Time of professional experience	12.96	7.96	11.00	13.23	7.93	11.00	0.895
Breathing difficulties
Age	39.64	7.88	38.00	36.59	7.44	35.00	0.138
Time of professional experience	15.14	8.61	13.50	11.41	6.92	10.00	0.125
Complaint of hoarse voice
Age	37.91	7.51	36.00	38.33	9.83	36.50	0.818
Time of professional experience	12.81	7.49	11.00	15.00	10.84	15.00	0.690
Difficulties in the articulation of speech sounds
Age	39.12	8.06	38.00	35.56	6.53	35.00	0.097
Time of professional experience	14.15	7.97	12.00	10.88	7.41	10.00	0.154
Complaint of lack of vocal projection
Age	38.68	8.74	37.00	37.50	7.10	35.00	1.000
Time of professional experience	12.11	8.65	10.00	13.70	7.41	12.50	1.000
Complaint of reflux
Age	38.32	7.46	37.50	37.48	8.19	35.00	0.453
Time of professional experience	14.04	8.44	11.50	11.81	7.03	10.00	0.434
Complaint of tiredness when talking for a few hours in a row
Age	39.08	8.71	36.00	37.56	7.41	35.50	0.759
Time of professional experience	13.25	7.02	11.5	12.62	10.17	10.00	0.419
Can only sing with increase vocal loudness
Age	39.15	8.76	37.00	36.61	6.24	35.00	0.520
Time of professional experience	14.39	8.07	15.00	11.92	7.65	10.00	0.231
Frequent clear throat, dry throat or other discomfort in the throat
Age	38.74	8.84	37.00	37.47	7.02	35.00	0.557
Time of professional experience	15.37	8.77	13.00	11.63	7.00	10.00	0.127
Did you know that a hoarse voice for more than 15 days may be a sign of vocal tumor
Age	42.07	8.19	41.00	36.31	6.97	35.00	1.000
Time of professional experience	11.89	7.02	10.00	16.07	9.28	15.00	1.000

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