Risk Factors for Voice Disorders among Fado Singers: A Cross-Sectional Study

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

in References numeration of voices is double. Some voices - like 1, 2, 4..-  lack of pages ref. Some, like 18, also of year of publication

Author Response

Thank you for noticing these points. All were corrected and written in blue colour to be completely visible. 

Reviewer 2 Report

The study analyzes medical effects of Fado, a Portuguese musical style, by a cross-sectional study, with a questionnaire.  It found significant risk factors for some voice disorders.

The paper is very well written and organized.  It was a pleasure to read.  The study is done well and presented well.

Specific points:

..increasingly associated to voice .. ->

..increasingly associated with voice ..

..described in other paper .. ->

..described in another paper ..

..convenience/snowball sampling techniques.  - cite these

..quality of the logistic regressions were assessed .. ->

..quality of the logistic regressions was assessed ..

..A lot of singers say .. - be more specific

..load, i.e., – increases with ..

..load, i.e.,  increases with ..

..for other reasons other than voice ..

..for other reasons than voice ..

Author Response

Thank you for noticing these points. All were corrected and written in blue colour to be completely visible. Values for the “a lot of” were introduced and a reference for the sampling technique as well. The last addition changed the references number, and all were corrected.