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Abstract
Background: More people use their voices for work, making occupational voice disorders more important. Blown-instrument players use their vocal tracts extensively. Laryngeal and Pharyngeal functioning are rarely studied in such people.
Aim of the Work: This study examined possible vocal tract alterations caused by excessive/improper wind instrument use to better understand vocal difficulties in professional voice users and provide them with the necessary training, voice education, and preventive measures.
Patients and Methods: A cross-sectional observational research of at least 25 wind instrument players will identify vocal complaints and vocal tract alterations.
Results: 26 male instrumentalists were studied. The mean participant age was 28.7±7.7 years, ranging from 21 to 50. Instrument playing averaged 10.2±7.1 years, ranging from 3 to 30 years, and 3.4±1.1 hours daily, ranging from 2 to 5 hours. 57.7% smoked. Nobody weightlifted. Constipation plagued one person (3.8%). Hernia, varicocele, and haemorrhoids were also occupational hazards for 3 subjects (11.5%). The investigation showed wind instrument-related symptoms. No one reported nasal regurge of food or fluids, intraocular pressure rise, or hemoptysis. One individual (3.8%) had hypertension. 34.6% (n=9) of wind instrument players reported laryngocele symptoms. Auditory Perceptual Assessment (APA) scores were shown in the study. Dysphonia was found in 30.7% (n=8) and minor hypernasality in 7.7% (n=2).
Conclusion: Symptoms of vocal tract disorders are characterized by low frequency and intensity of occurrence among wind instrumentalists. The relationship between playing and voice manifestations should be confirmed based on the exclusion of incorrect practice habits as well as improper work organization. There is a high need for further studies assessing the impact of playing wind instruments on laryngeal symptoms and vocal discomfort including analysis of individual factors that may strengthen the prevalence of such manifestations.