The findings are in tune with western literature reporting hesitation of singers toward seeking vocal health care and draws attention of SLPs to promote their role in vocal health awareness and management. Only 23.6% of the respondents were aware about the profession and the role of SLPs. Age did not have a significant influence on the responses. Responses for the questions assessing the attitudes toward findings from medical examination by a specialist revealed a statistically significant difference (P = 0.02) between the genders. Of the singers, 78.2% were likely to see a doctor for heath-related problems, whereas 81.8% were unlikely to seek medical care for voice-related problems the difference was statistically significant (P < 0.001). Demographic variables were summarized using descriptive statistics and t test was used to compare the mean scores between genders and age groups. The questionnaire was administered on 55 randomly selected self-identified trained Indian classical singers who rated the items using a five-point Likert scale. An additional question was added to ask if the singer was aware about the profession and role of speech-language pathologists (SLPs). A 10-item self-report questionnaire adapted from a study on contemporary commercial music singers was used. The current study was aimed to determine the attitudes of these singers toward seeking vocal health care and further understand the influence of age and gender. The attitude of Indian classical singers toward seeking vocal health care is a dimension yet to be explored. Gunjawate, Dhanshree R Aithal, Venkataraja U Guddattu, Vasudeva Kishore, Amrutha Bellur, Rajashekhar Reduced vocal signs of pain in singers may suggest that singers can benefit from vocal training once they have better voice usage due to voice practice, offering a protective -effect to the development of voice disorders since voice training builds up a better musculoskeletal endurance.Įxploring Attitudes of Indian Classical Singers Toward Seeking Vocal Health Care. The most related pain types reported in singers were sore throat, chest, and shoulder, respectively. Classical choral singers had less presence of pain than the general population. Thirteen types of aches were investigated that were distributed into two groups: larynx proximal ache (temporomandibular joint, tongue, sore throat, neck, back of the neck, shoulder, and pain while speaking) and distal ache (headache, backache, chest, arms, hands, and ear ache). A questionnaire investigating the occurrence of voice problems, vocal self-evaluation, and a report of body aches was given to 50 classical choral singers and 150 participants who were non- singers. To identify and characterize the presence of body pain related to voice usage in choral singers. Vaiano, Thays Guerrieri, Ana Cláudia Behlau, Mara This difference may be attributed to different singing techniques and phonatory system adjustments utilized by each group. Most non- classical singers in the sample elevated their heads for high notes while the classical singers were observed to keep it around the neutral position. The results showed a significant difference for frontal rotational head position.
Ten raters evaluated the frontal rotational head position (depression versus elevation) and transverse head position (retraction versus protraction) visually using a visual analogue scale. Images of 39 Western classical and 34 non- classical male singers during live performances were obtained from YouTube. This study aimed at comparing the head position for famous classical and non- classical male singers performing high notes. The head position can affect the sound quality. Observational study of differences in head position for high notes in famous classical and non- classical male singers.ĭifferences in classical and non- classical singing are due primarily to aesthetic style requirements.
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