Summary
Purpose
Beatboxers are elite professional voice users with increased vocal loading and therefore
are at high risk for developing vocal fatigue. Scientific literature has a wealth
of information on self-perceived ratings of vocal fatigue in teachers and singers
but not in beat boxers.
Aim of the study
The present study measured vocal fatigue in beat boxers and compared their rating
of vocal tiredness with two control groups.
Method
One hundred seventeen participants enrolled in an online survey. 40 nonsingers, 37
beat boxers, and 40 untrained singers filled the 19 questions of the standardized
Vocal Fatigue Inventory in the English language on the Google Form platform.
Results
Mean scores suggest nonsingers rating lowest scores of vocal tiredness followed by
beat boxers, and ratings of untrained singers were highest. Statistical significance
was observed between and within-group analysis at P < 0.05. Self-awareness of experiencing vocal fatigue was 72.5% and 48.6% in untrained
singers and beat boxers, respectively.
Conclusion
In sum, the state of evidence suggests that beat boxers have lower scores of vocal
fatigue than untrained singers.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: December 30, 2020
Accepted:
November 27,
2020
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