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Kelly da Silva1, Mara Behlau2, Beatriz Ferreira Dos Santos3

  • 1Speech-Language Pathology Course, Campus Lagarto, Universidade Federal de Sergipe - UFS, Lagarto, SE, Brazil; Post-graduate program in Applied health sciences, Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Lagarto, SE, Brazil; Post-graduate program in decision-making models and health, Universidade Federal da Paraíba, PB, Brazil.

Journal of Voice : Official Journal of the Voice Foundation
|December 16, 2025
PubMed
Summary

A rough, dysphonic voice negatively impacts university students' cognitive performance in attention and working memory tasks. Speech rate only affected repetition tasks, with poorer results at higher speeds.

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CognitionProcessing speedUniversityVoice quality

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