Metode yawn sigh dalam mengatasi permasalahan suara pada penyiar radio

Background: Voice disorders are pathological conditions that can manifest as changes in voice quality, pitch discrepancies, loudness, or phonation difficulties that affect effective communication. These disorders are often associated with vocal hyperfunction, which is the excessive and inefficient use of the laryngeal muscles, which can then lead to vocal fatigue, hoarseness, and decreased phonation. Professionals such as radio announcers are at higher risk of developing voice disorders than the general population due to repeated and prolonged increased vocal load without voice control, especially if proper vocal hygiene is not practiced. However, research on methods to address voice problems specific to radio announcers, particularly the yawn-sigh method, has been limited. Purpose: To determine the effectiveness of the yawn-sigh method in addressing voice problems in radio announcers. Method: A quantitative experimental study using a one-group pretest-posttest design with an intervention in the form of yawn-sigh therapy with 12 sessions. The study population was all radio announcers experiencing voice problems in Surakarta. The sampling technique used purposive sampling, resulting in a sample size of 10 participants. The study used the GRBAS questionnaire to measure voice problems before and after the intervention. The analysis used univariate and bivariate Wilcoxon tests to determine comparative hypotheses before and after the intervention with a significance level of α = 0.05. Results: A total of 10 participants, most of whom were radio announcers who experienced voice problems at the age of 20-24 years and 6 (60%) were male participants. Voice problems in radio announcers before the intervention were obtained in 9 participants (90%) in the moderate category and 1 participant (10%) in the severe category. While voice problems in radio announcers after the intervention were carried out, 10 participants (100%) were in the mild category. The Wilcoxon statistical test that was carried out after and before the intervention using the yawning method obtained p = 0.005 (