Somatotype and Body Composition of Normal and Dysphonic Adult Speakers

Voice quality provides information about the anatomical characteristics of the speaker. The patterns of somatotype and body composition can provide essential knowledge to characterize the individuality of voice quality. The aim of this study was to verify if there were significant differences in somatotype and body composition between normal and dysphonic speakers.Cross-sectional study.Anthropometric measurements were taken of a sample of 72...