Abstract
Professional singers and other serious voice users are particularly susceptible to
alterations in their vocal apparatus. As the support for vocalization, lung function
is an essential element of the production of speech and song. Patients have been described
who presented with voice complaints along with minimal or no abnormalities on spirometry,
but responded to conventional bronchodilator and other asthma therapy. It was proposed
that this represented an exercise-induced asthmalike condition, brought on by the
hyperventilation associated with performing. The objective of this study was to establish
whether improvement in vocalization while performing correlated with a decrease in
nonspecific bronchial reactivity.We concluded that resolution of vocal complaints
in conjunction with a decrease in methacholine reactivity supports the hypothesis
that these patients do have an exercise-induced asthmalike condition brought on by
airway drying. As with other patients with asthma, it appears to respond to allergy-directed
therapy.
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Publication history
Accepted:
April 24,
2000
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© 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
