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cord-273022-r2rz2onv	Primov-Fever, Adi	Songbirds Must Sing: How Artistic Voice Users Perceive Their Voice in Times of COVID-19	2020-08-18		.txt	text/plain	2841	176	57	METHODS: A total of 110 participants volunteered for the study: 57 professional artistic voice users (34 singers and 19 actors) and a control group of 53 nonprofessional voice users. All participants completed three questionnaires related to their self-assessment of their voice, their voice difficulties, vocal training, and current stress in the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, within the professional group, singers reported practicing their voice in the time of the COVID-19 significantly more than actors (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Professional artistic voice users experience the COVID-19 pandemic as a stressful time, with negative effects on their well-being and specifically on their voice. The remaining three composite scales were calculated as sums of item scores and exhibited acceptable reliability, with alpha = 0.85 for "voice difficulties"; alpha = .86 for "vocal training"; and alpha = 0.69 for "current stress." The validated CV-19 questionnaire is presented in the appendix, for future research and clinical application.	./cache/cord-273022-r2rz2onv.txt	./txt/cord-273022-r2rz2onv.txt