title: Self-perception, complaints and vocal quality among undergraduate students enrolled in a Pedagogy course.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the vocal self-perception and vocal complaints reported by two groups of students of the pedagogy course (freshmen and graduates); to relate the vocal self-perception to the vocal complaints for these groups; and to compare the voice quality of the students from these groups through perceptual auditory assessment and acoustic analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  Initially, 89 students from the pedagogy course answered a questionnaire about self-perceived voice quality and vocal complaints. In a second phase, auditory-perceptual evaluation and acoustic analyses of 48 participants were made through voice recordings of sustained vowel emission and poem reading.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most reported vocal complaints were fatigue while using the voice, sore throat, effort to speak, irritation or burning in the throat, hoarseness, tightness in the neck, and variations of voice throughout the day. There was a higher occurrence of complaints from graduates than from freshmen, with significant differences for four of the nine complaints. It was also possible to observe the relationship between vocal self-perception and complaints reported by these students. No significant differences were observed in the results of auditory-perceptual evaluation; however, some graduates had their voices evaluated with higher severity of deviation of normalcy. During acoustic analysis no difference was observed between groups.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The increase in vocal demand by the graduates may have caused the greatest number and diversity of vocal complaints, and several of them are related to the self-assessment of voice quality. The auditory-perceptual evaluation and acoustic analysis showed no deviations in their voice.
authors.affiliation: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, School of Philosophy and Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Eliana Maria Gradim
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Fabron
authors.affiliation: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, School of Philosophy and Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Simone Fiuza
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Regaçone
authors.affiliation: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, School of Philosophy and Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Viviane Cristina de Castro
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Marino
authors.affiliation: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, School of Philosophy and Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marina Ludovico
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Mastria
authors.affiliation: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, School of Philosophy and Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Suely Mayumi
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Motonaga
authors.affiliation: Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Department, School of Philosophy and Sciences, Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho, Marília, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luciana Tavares
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Sebastião
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D016272:Occupational Health; D012649:Self Concept; D013067:Speech Perception; D013334:Students; D014832:Voice Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014833:Voice Quality; D055815:Young Adult