Recent voice articles

By H Dominic W Stiles, on 1 May 2012

As well as being a library for Audiology & Deafness, we also cover ENT and part of that includes voice disorders. The voice is a delicate instrument and can be easily damaged. Many people use their voices in work for long periods – singers, trainers and teachers are particularly at risk of damaging the voice. This is an article on caring for your voice from the Daily Mail, with contributions from John Rubin and Ruth Epstein, two top voice experts who are based in the RNTNE Hospital. The opera singer Lesley Garrett was recently treated here as you can read in this Daily Express story.

Below are five recent voice articles from PubMed. The only journal here we do not hold is Parkinsonism and Related Disorders:

Voice disorders in children and its relationship with auditory, acoustic and vocal behavior parameters.

Simões-Zenari M, Nemr K, Behlau M.

Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2012 Mar 23. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22444740

Evaluation of Dysphonic Patients by General Otolaryngologists.

Cohen SM, Pitman MJ, Noordzij JP, Courey M.

J Voice. 2012 Jan 26. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22285452

Singing in groups for Parkinson’s disease (SING-PD): A pilot study of group singing therapy for PD-related voice/speech disorders.

Shih LC, Piel J, Warren A, Kraics L, Silver A, Vanderhorst V, Simon DK, Tarsy D.

Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 22436653

The Teaching Performer: A Survey of Assets Versus Choices in Voice Use.

Barnes-Burroughs K, Rodriguez MC.