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  • Speech and Hearing Sciences
  • Voice Science
  • Clinical Research

Background:

  • Vocal fatigue is a growing concern impacting voice professionals.
  • Objective and subjective measures are needed for accurate assessment.
  • Identifying effective elicitation tasks is crucial for research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify sensitive measures for assessing vocal fatigue.
  • To determine tasks that effectively elicit vocal fatigue.

Main Methods:

  • A scoping review of 17 studies was conducted.
  • Databases searched included Cochrane, Medscape, PubMed, and Google Scholar.
  • Data on respiratory, laryngeal, and self-perceptual measures and elicitation tasks were extracted.

Main Results:

  • Phonation threshold pressure (PTP) was the most consistent indirect respiratory measure for vocal fatigue.
  • Laryngeal measures showed inconsistent responses, except for mean fundamental frequency in healthy individuals.
  • Short-duration vowel tasks effectively elicited vocal fatigue.

Conclusions:

  • PTP is a reliable indirect measure for vocal fatigue.
  • Further research on respiratory patterning and ventilation measures is needed.
  • Short-duration tasks show promise for eliciting vocal fatigue and require further investigation.