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Vocal hydration in voice professionals and in future voice professionals

ABSTRACT

Purpose:

to characterize and to relate the quantity and hydration status, the voice use time and the dryness of complaints of professionals and future voice professionals.

Methods:

cross-sectional study, non-experimental, retrospective and quantitative, using database. There were analyzed records of 105 subjects of both genders, professionals and / or students future voice professionals at the age between 19:0-42:6 years. There were used data about age, profession, gender, quantity and hydration status, voice use time and dryness of complaints. There were used: Hypothesis test for Proportion, Chi-Square test and Fisher's exact test.

Results:

significant frequency of available water in the workplace and voice use less than eight hours. The intake of less than seven glasses of water daily was percentage higher than the intake of more than seven cups. There are significant associations between intake less water quantity and use the voice for less time and between having water at work and intake more than seven glasses of water every day. There was not significance in relation to dryness complaint.

Conclusion:

most of the voice professionals and future professionals used it for less than eight hours and had water available at work. Those who intake less than seven glasses of water daily a present daily time vocal use less than eight hours and those who drank more than seven cups of water a day had water available at work.

Keywords:
Fluid Therapy; Voice; Vocal Cords; Dysphonia; Voice Quality

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