Safer Singing During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic: What We Know and What We Don't

Affiliations

¹ Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA. Electronic address: Matthew_Naunheim@meei.harvard.edu.
² Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
³ Philadelphia Ear, Nose and Throat Associates, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
⁵ New England Conservatory, Boston, MA.
⁶ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
⁷ NYU Langone, New York, NY.
⁸ Loma Linda Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA.
⁹ Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA.
¹⁰ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
¹¹ University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.
¹² Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
¹³ Princeton Unversity, Princeton, NJ.
¹⁴ Lakeshore ENT, St. Clair Shores, MI.
¹⁵ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
¹⁶ University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, IL.
¹⁷ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
¹⁸ Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA.

Matthew R Naunheim et al. J Voice. 2021 Sep.

. 2021 Sep;35(5):765-771.

doi: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2020.06.028. Epub 2020 Jul 2.

¹ Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA. Electronic address: Matthew_Naunheim@meei.harvard.edu.
² Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI.
³ Philadelphia Ear, Nose and Throat Associates, Philadelphia, PA.
⁴ Auburn University, Auburn, AL.
⁵ New England Conservatory, Boston, MA.
⁶ University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
⁷ NYU Langone, New York, NY.
⁸ Loma Linda Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA.
⁹ Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA.
¹⁰ Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
¹¹ University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX.
¹² Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY.
¹³ Princeton Unversity, Princeton, NJ.
¹⁴ Lakeshore ENT, St. Clair Shores, MI.
¹⁵ Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
¹⁶ University of Illinois Hospital, Chicago, IL.
¹⁷ University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
¹⁸ Brigham and Women's Hospital, MA.

No abstract available

Keywords: COVID-19; Choral performance; Coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2; Singing.

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