Specialist warns wearing mask has increased voice disorders
Specialist warns wearing mask has increased voice disorders Otorhinolaryngologist Clara Capucho warned today that the use of masks imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the number of voice pathologies, especially in the vocal apparatus of the Portuguese. The alert from the coordinator of the Voice Unit of the Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental (CHLO), which integrates the hospitals Egas Moniz, S. Francisco Xavier and Santa Cruz, comes days before World Voice Day (on April 16). "The number of patients with dysphonia due to muscle tension is increasing since March 2020", says in a stat...
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