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Medical Disorders and Treatments in Professional Voice Users and Wind Instrumentalists
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Medical Disorders and Treatments in Professional Voice Users and Wind Instrumentalists

Robert Thayer Sataloff, Mary J. Hawkshaw and Johnathan Brandon Sataloff
Dentofacial Anomalies, pp 105-132
01 May 2021

Abstract

Medical diagnoses in singers Medical diagnoses in voice professionals Professional voice users Voice Wind instrumentalists
Numerous medical conditions occur in patients with or without dentofacial anomalies and may affect voice and/or wind instrument performance. Interaction between such medical conditions and dentofacial abnormalities may compound performance difficulties. Common medical conditions include infection and inflammation, sinusitis, allergy, respiratory tract infection, autoimmune disease, obesity, aging, hearing loss, respiratory dysfunction, endocrine and neurologic disorders, psychological impairment, structural lesions of the larynx, and others. Practitioners and performers should be familiar with these conditions and their implications when evaluating and treating performers with dentofacial anomalies.

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