Objectives: In To analyze laryngostroboscopic findings and ENT/phoniatric examination results in a group of singing students and in a control group of non-singing subjects to emphasize the importance of ENT/phoniatric examination and of laryngostroboscopy before taking up singing. Methods: 56 singing students and 60 healthy euphonic non-singer volunteers were recruited. In each subject a perceptual assessment and a self-assessment (VHI) of the voice were performed. The singing students filled out the Singing-VHI. All subjects underwent flexible fiberoptic endoscopy and laryngostroboscopy. All subjects were evaluated through the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and the Reflux Finding Score (RFS). Results: At laryngostroboscopy, 60.7% of students presented pathological findings, versus 20% of controls (P < 0.0001). Incomplete glottic closure (35.7% vs. 13.3%), supraglottic hypertonus (16.1% vs. 5%), organic lesions (bilateral nodules, cysts, sulcus vergeture) (17.9% vs. 3.3%), posterior erythema (16.1% vs. 5%) and laryngeal edema (14.3% vs 3.3%) were more frequent in the students. The most common symptoms in singers were phonasthenia (37.5 % vs 6.7%; P = 0.0001) and mucus sensation (17.9% vs. 5%, P = 0.03). S-VHI showed higher values in students with pathological laryngostroboscopy (P < 0.0001). Finally, average RSI and RFS were higher in students. Conclusions: Due to the high percentage of organic and functional voice disorders in singing students, it would be desirable that every subject who is going to start singing underwent an ENT/phoniatric investigation with videostrobolaryngoscopy to ascertain vocal folds healthy condition.

Endoscopic and Phoniatric Evaluation in Singing Students

Barillari, Maria Rosaria
Writing – Review & Editing
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2019

Abstract

Objectives: In To analyze laryngostroboscopic findings and ENT/phoniatric examination results in a group of singing students and in a control group of non-singing subjects to emphasize the importance of ENT/phoniatric examination and of laryngostroboscopy before taking up singing. Methods: 56 singing students and 60 healthy euphonic non-singer volunteers were recruited. In each subject a perceptual assessment and a self-assessment (VHI) of the voice were performed. The singing students filled out the Singing-VHI. All subjects underwent flexible fiberoptic endoscopy and laryngostroboscopy. All subjects were evaluated through the Reflux Symptom Index (RSI) and the Reflux Finding Score (RFS). Results: At laryngostroboscopy, 60.7% of students presented pathological findings, versus 20% of controls (P < 0.0001). Incomplete glottic closure (35.7% vs. 13.3%), supraglottic hypertonus (16.1% vs. 5%), organic lesions (bilateral nodules, cysts, sulcus vergeture) (17.9% vs. 3.3%), posterior erythema (16.1% vs. 5%) and laryngeal edema (14.3% vs 3.3%) were more frequent in the students. The most common symptoms in singers were phonasthenia (37.5 % vs 6.7%; P = 0.0001) and mucus sensation (17.9% vs. 5%, P = 0.03). S-VHI showed higher values in students with pathological laryngostroboscopy (P < 0.0001). Finally, average RSI and RFS were higher in students. Conclusions: Due to the high percentage of organic and functional voice disorders in singing students, it would be desirable that every subject who is going to start singing underwent an ENT/phoniatric investigation with videostrobolaryngoscopy to ascertain vocal folds healthy condition.
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