ReviewJournal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation2023
COVID-19: Impact on the Musician and Returning to Singing; A Literature Review.
Review in Journal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 shedding in exhaled material: a systematic review.Epidemiology and infection · 2025Pooled it
- The Effects of COVID-19 on Voice.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2025Review
- Prevalence and associated factors of dysphonia in non-hospitalized Thai COVID-19 patients: a descriptive study with Thai-VHI10 Assessment.Asian biomedicine : research, reviews and news · 2024Article
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- Aggravated exposure risks of children to multipath transmitted pathogens in indoor environments.iScience · 2023Article
- Between privilege and exclusion: Orthodox church singers coping with the Covid-19 lockdown.Archive for the psychology of religion = Archiv fur Religionspsychologie · 2023Article
- Effects of infection control measures towards preventing SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks in a German choir boarding school from March 2020 to April 2022.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Singing in and out of COVID.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2023Article
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of New Coronavirus Pandemic: A Novel Promising Therapeutic Approach.Advanced pharmaceutical bulletin · 2022Article
- Effects of Passion, Experience, and Cultural Politics on Classical Musicians' Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Effects of Threat and Motivation on Classical Musicians' Professional Performance Practice During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Expert elicitation on the relative importance of possible SARS-CoV-2 transmission routes and the effectiveness of mitigations.BMJ open · 2021Article
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to review current literature of the impact of COVID-19 on musicians and returning to singing.
methodsA comprehensive search of peer-review articles was completed using PubMed, GoogleScholar, Scopus, and Web of Science. The search was completed using many key terms including voice, hoarseness, dysphonia, aphonia, cough, singers, and public speakers. The bibliography from each article found was searched to find additional articles. The search process revealed 56 peer-reviewed articles, 18 primary articles, ranging from the years 2019 to 2020.
conclusionCOVID-19 has had a major impact on singers and other musicians worldwide. It can affect the voice and can lead to paresis/paralysis of laryngeal nerves to long-term changes in respiratory function. There is a risk from aerosolization/droplet formation transmission with singing, and with playing wind and brass instruments that can be mitigated by following COVID-19 guidelines. Ways to reduce possible transmission during singing and instrument play include virtual rehearsals or performances, mask-wearing, instrument covers, smaller choirs, performing outside, excellent ventilation being socially distanced, shorter rehearsals, regularly cleaning commonly touched surfaces and washing hands, avoiding contact with others, and temperature screening.
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