Cardoso I, Fernández-Baíllo R, Frutos B, Vittar C, Rodríguez-Paramás Á

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ABSTRACT

Background: Voice production diseases in performers are frequent and usually lead to an important damage in life quality.
Objective: To set biomechanical analysis as a systematic screening test to detect inadequate vocal production patterns in drama school students.
Materials and Methods: A prospective, descriptive, observational study, which was carried out at the Royal Higher School of Dramatic Art of Madrid (RESAD), Spain, evaluating the alteration pattern of voice production by biomechanical analysis tool App Online Lab^® by Voice Clinical Systems^® in students.
Results: There were evaluated 54 students; 30 of them were women and 24 men. In case of women, 83.3% showed a pathological decrease in voice efficiency; 70% showed hyperfunction in biomechanical pattern and 33.3% showed excessive glottic impact. Regarding men, voice pattern was defined by hyperfunction in 66.7% of cases, with higher glottic efficiency than women and excessive glottic impact affecting 58.3% of series.
Conclusions: Voice screening with biomechanical analysis carried out at this group of students from Royal Higher School of Dramatic Art of Madrid shows a common voice production pattern with hyperfunction and glottic impact that requires treatment to avoid the development of vocal fold pathologies.

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