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Parameters affecting voice quality in professional singers and in professional actors. Fisher’s exact test and Mann-Whitney test were used for statistical analysis.

ParamaterProfessional Singers N=63Professional Actors N=65P
Smoking11330.000
Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux26150.037
Frequent throat clearing27330.376
Allergies, asthma19100.058
Speaking loudly26570.000
Shouting frequently4290.000
Fast speaking rate16440.000
Voice rest during voice problems3430.254
Vocal load / hours per day (mean/standard deviation)6.25 / 2.444.23 / 1.200.000
Vocal load during spare time21190.704

Parameters affecting voice quality in professional actors with frequent voice problems in their careers and in professional actors without frequent voice problems. Fisher’s exact test, t-test, and Mann-Whitney test were used for statistical analysis.

ParamaterProfessional Actors With Frequent Voice Problems N=8Professional Actors Without Frequent Voice Problems N=56P
Age in years (mean / standard deviation)44.38 / 9.1345.22 / 12.140.818
Length of career in years (mean / standard deviation)20.00 / 8.8218.52 / 10.990.655
Vocal load in h/day (mean / standard deviation)4.46 / 1.184.16 / 1.210.430
Smoking6270.259
Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux2121.000
Frequent throat clearing5270.708
Allergies, asthma0100.337
Speaking loudly7491.000
Shouting frequently4251.000
Fast speaking rate4400.244
Vocal load during spare time2171.000

Parameters affecting voice quality in professional singers with frequent voice problems in their careers and in professional singers without frequent voice problems. Fisher’s exact test, t-test, and Mann-Whitney test were used for statistical analysis.

ParamaterProfessional Singers With Frequent Voice Problems N=13Professional Singers Without Frequent Voice Problems N=50P
Age in years (mean / standard deviation)44.38 / 9.1345.22 / 12.140.818
Length of career in years (mean / standard deviation)20.00 / 8.8218.52 / 10.990.655
Vocal load in h/day (mean / standard deviation)4.46 / 1.184.16 / 1.210.430
Smoking470.216
Symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux8180.216
Frequent throat clearing7200.531
Allergies, asthma7120.048
Speaking loudly9170.029
Shouting frequently131.000
Fast speaking rate6100.075
Vocal load during spare time6150.329

Frequency and causes of voice problems in professional singers and actors during their studies, over the last year and over their entire careers. Fisher’s exact test and chi-squared test were used for statistical analysis. (URI = upper respiratory tract infection).

ParamaterProfessional Singers N=63Professional Actors N=65P
Frequent voice problems during their studies111.000
Frequent voice problems in the last year950.265
Frequent voice problems in their careers1380.241
Cause of voice problems
URI57
vocal load860.729
URI + vocal load3739
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Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Hygiene and Environmental Medicine