1 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina.
2 Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina.
3 Department of Speech & Language Therapy, School of Health Sciences, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
4 Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
5 2nd Academic ORL, Head and Neck Surgery Department, Papageorgiou Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Received on 17 August 2021; revised on 20 September 2021; accepted on 22 September 2021
The aim of this study is to explore if there is correlation between the typical voice classification and oropharyngeal anatomy, using cervical posterior-anterior radiography on professional singers in Epirus, Greece. Methods: 70 professional singers, 35 men and 35 women, were recruited for this study. All participants underwent a cervical posterior-anterior radiographic imaging of their oral pharyngeal and laryngeal area. Results: A statistically significant difference of mean distance was observed for the CI-MHP area (p=0,004), the MHP- SCV area (F=2,62, p=0,032), as well as SCV-AI area (F=11,82, p=0,000). For the average length measured in mm of the phonetic area PA, statistically significant differences were computed among all the singers in the group (F [5] = 5.368, p = 0.001), as well as the OPC area (F = 6,48, p = 0,000). Conclusions: The cervical posteroanterior radiography provided new correlations of the voice category of professional singers with their Oropharyngeal and Laryngeal Anatomy.
Voice; Cervical radiography; Professional singers; Greece; Laryngeal anatomy
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Athina Zarachi, Angelos Liontos, Dionysios Tafiadis, Efthymis Dimakis, Konstantinos Garefis, Ioannis Kastanioudakis and Georgios Exarchakos. Correlations between oropharyngeal and laryngeal anatomy and the frequency of singing voice: A population-based study, in Greece. International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2021, 03 (02), 059–069. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/ijsra.2021.3.2.0139
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