title: Vocal parameters of aerobic instructors with and without voice problems.
abstract: Aerobic instructors frequently experience vocal fatigue and are at risk for the development of vocal fold pathology. Six female aerobic instructors, three with self-reported voice problems and three without, served as subjects. Measures of vocal function (perturbation and EGG) were obtained before and after a 30-minute exercise session. Results showed that the group with self-reported voice problems had greater amounts of jitter, lower harmonic-to-noise ratios, and less periodicity in sustained vowels overall, but no significant differences in measures of perturbation and EGG were found before and immediately after instruction. Measures of vocal parameters showed that subjects with self-reported voice problems projected with relatively greater vocal intensity and phonated for a greater percentage of time across beginning, middle, and ending periods of aerobic instruction than subjects with no reported voice problems.
authors: Auburn University Montgomery, Alabama 36124-4023, USA. vwolfe@edla.aum.edu
authors: Virginia
authors: V
authors: Wolfe
authors: Joanne
authors: J
authors: Long
authors: Heather Conner
authors: HC
authors: Youngblood
authors: Henry
authors: H
authors: Williford
authors: Michelle Scharff
authors: MS
authors: Olson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004576:Electromyography / Q000379:methods; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D005931:Glottis / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D010700:Phonetics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013061:Speech Acoustics; D013663:Teaching; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D014833:Voice Quality