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Safer Singing During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: What We Know and What We Don't
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Safer Singing During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: What We Know and What We Don't

Matthew R. Naunheim, Jonathan Bock, Philip A. Doucette, Matthew Hoch, Ian Howell, Michael M. Johns, Aaron M. Johnson, Priya Krishna, David Meyer, Claudio F. Milstein, …
Journal of voice, v 35(5), pp 765-771
01 Sep 2021
PMID: 32753296
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7330568View
Accepted (AM)Open Access (License Unspecified) Open
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.06.028View
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Abstract

Choral performance Coronavirus COVID-19 SARS-CoV-2 Singing
While the novel coronavirus outbreak has profoundly altered health care systems across the globe, it has also affected similar change and devastation on the social, educational, and cultural communities upon which many rely, including communities of choral singers, solo performers, conductors, voice teachers, and the professionals that collaborate with them. Even as citizens of the most heavily impacted countries took to their balconies to serenade first responders and health care workers, singers of most genres who typically perform in ensembles have been told to not carry on their beloved practice. This message, promoted by the lay media and by early reports of “super-spreading” of the virus at choral events in the United States and abroad, 1 , 2 has been reinforced by expert and nonexpert opinion regarding the transmissibility of SARS-CoV-2 through droplets and aerosols, the generation of respiratory particles when singing, and concern about the interpersonal interactions that routinely accompany vocal performance, both in groups and in one-on-one teaching situations.

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Audiology & Speech-language Pathology
Otorhinolaryngology
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