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Vocal fatigue and dysphonia in the professional voice user: Bogart‐bacall syndrome
Author(s) -
Koufman James A.,
Blalock P. David
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
the laryngoscope
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.181
H-Index - 148
eISSN - 1531-4995
pISSN - 0023-852X
DOI - 10.1288/00005537-198805000-00003
Subject(s) - muscle tension , larynx , voice disorder , audiology , voice training , voice therapy , medicine , psychology , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , surgery
Over the past 5 years, the authors have treated 67 adult professional voice users with a musculoskeletal tension disorder involving the larynx and supporting structures and leading to vocal dysfunction. Common clinical features in both sexes were muscle tension in the neck, poor control of the breath stream, and an abnormally low‐pitched speaking voice. Most of the men sounded like Humphrey Bogart and the women like Lauren Bacall. These cases represent a discrete clinical vocal fatigue syndrome, the treatment of which is patient education and voice therapy.