title: Transsexual Voice Questionnaire for Male-to-female Brazilian Transsexual People.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to verify the answers to the transsexual voice questionnaire for male-to-female transsexual (TVQMtF) people given to individuals who participated in the Gender Identity Program (PROTIG) at the Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil, in relation to some of their demographic characteristics, visual-perceptual evaluations of the face, laryngeal prominence, and auditoryperceptual judgments of voice.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this cross-sectional study, 47 transsexual women aged between 18 and 50 responded to the (TVQMtF). The demographic data and perceptual ratings were selected from the PROTIG database.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Among all participants, 55.32% had completed secondary education, and 72.34% had not undergone a sex reassignment surgery; 4.2% of subjects did not use hormones, 23.40% had undergone speech therapy, the average number of years of experience in the female role was 13.98 years, and the participants had been definitively cross-dressing for 5-34 years. Most of the participants had low scores on the (TVQMtF), and significant differences in the total score were observed in accordance with age (higher scores were observed among those <30 years and ≥40 years old) and visual-perceptual evaluations of the face (higher scores were observed in the individual evaluated with masculine face). There were no significant correlations between the total score obtained by the participants and the other demographic variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Although most of the participants had low scores on the (TVQMtF), some individuals were still experiencing distress due to being perceived as being of the opposite sex or were dissatisfied with their voices.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil. Electronic address: karinesfono@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Karine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.affiliation: Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Anna Martha Vaitses
authors.initials: AMV
authors.lastname: Fontanari
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andressa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Department of Psychology, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUC), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Angelo Brandelli
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Bianca
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Soll
authors.affiliation: Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Dhiordan Cardoso
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: da Silva
authors.affiliation: Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
authors.forename: Carla Aparecida
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Cielo
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gabriel
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kuhl
authors.affiliation: Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Poli Mara
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Spritzer
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maiko Abel
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schneider
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Elza
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Dorfmann
authors.affiliation: Graduate Program in Medical Sciences: Psychiatry, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil; Gender Identity Disorder Program, Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Inês Rodrigues
authors.initials: MIR
authors.lastname: Lobato
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001307:Auditory Perception; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D057227:Femininity; D000068116:Gender Dysphoria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D057228:Masculinity; D008875:Middle Aged; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D012649:Self Concept; D057829:Gender-Affirming Procedures; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D063106:Transgender Persons / Q000523:psychology*; D014189:Transsexualism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014796:Visual Perception; D014833:Voice Quality / Q000187:drug effects; D014834:Voice Training; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones
keywords: Gender dysphoria and transsexual person; Gender identity; Transgender; Transgendered persons; Voice