Exposure to factors influencing the voice negatively, habits leading to voice abuse, and voice attrition symptoms in performers and performance trainees

ABSTRACTMaster of Science ThesisEXPOSURE TO FACTORS INFLUENCING THE VOICE NEGATIVELY, HABITSLEADING TO VOICE ABUSE, AND VOICE ATTRITION SYMPTOMS INPERFORMERS AND PERFORMANCE TRAINEESEsra ERTANAnadolu UniversityInstitute of Medical SciencesDepartment of Speech and Language Therapy ProgramSupervisor: Prof. Dr. Seyhun TOPBAŞ2006This study aims to determine how frequently the performers and performance trainees areexposed to factors that influence their voice negatively, their habits leading to voice abuse,and attrition symptoms in their voices.Descriptively designed, this study includes 25 performers and 35 performance trainees in theresearch sample. Developed by the researcher, ?Questionnaire on the Frequency of Exposureto Factors Influencing the Voice Negatively, Habits Leading to Voice Abuse, and VoiceAttrition Symptoms in Performers and Performance Trainees? was used as the data collectioninstrument in the study.Analyses of findings have revealed that the percentages regarding being exposed to factorsinfluencing voice negatively, habits leading to voice abuse, and voice attrition symptoms inperformers and performance trainees are between 9%-100%, 8%-56%, and 14%-80%respectively.Key Words. Performer, Risk factors Influencing Voice Negatively, Voice Abuse Habits,Voice Attrition Symptoms