Tooba Fida, Zain Ul Abiddin, Fatima Yasin, Qasim Mehmood
The inclination of undergraduate students at King Edward Medical University towards research and its perceived barriers and facilitators; a cross-sectional study
Annals of medicine and surgery (2012)
goals voice therapy vocal pedagogy share similar principles therefore therapy approaches designed improve disordered voice may equally effective used enhance healthy voice vice versa purpose study investigate effects flow phonation voice exercises vocal characteristics students undergraduate vocal music training programs examine potential use vocal pedagogy total 10 cis females recruited randomized two groups experimental group group 1 n 6 receiving five sessions flow phonation intervention across 5 weeks control group group 2 n 4 receive direct intervention vocal hygiene education participants provided data pertaining auditory perception subjective respiratory measures voicerelated quality life vocal fatigue 5 weeks flow phonation exercises consisted cup bubble blowing gargling stretch flow wilcoxon signed ranks test administered compare outcomes across time points groups data indicate statistically significant changes auditory perception singing voice voicerelated quality life group received flow phonation exercises alone measures showed statistical significance overall study indicates use flow phonation voice exercises potential improve voice instruction within voice studio target enrollments met achieve optimal statistical power hypotheses least partially supported particular positive interventionrelated changes observed selfperceived voice handicap auditory perception singing observed control group