Teachers represent one of the most frequently group affected by vocal alterations, under the penalty of the emergence of dysphonic symptoms detrimental to continued teaching. This study aimed to examine the occurrence of hoarseness in students that were concluding undergraduate courses and correlate with the characteristics of possible extra activities related to the act of teaching, risk factors and associated symptoms. We included 124 students from last year of undergraduate courses of the Universidade Federal do Pará who responded to the questionnaire which included questions of clinical, personal and professional aspects, in the period from June to October of 2008. In this sample there was slight predominance of males (52.5%) with mean age 27 ± 7 years, and the predominant age range between 20-25 years (60.4%). Students from Mathematics (28.8%), History (23.7%) and Language (22.2%) courses were the most prevalent among all participants and 55 (44.4%) teach in any institution and 32.7 % in more than one institution and tuition was the most frequent. Minister an average of 5 hours of instruction in the day that worked more and 16 hours per week on average. Clinical symptoms were present in 107 (86.3%) respondents being the most frequent hoarseness (68.2%). The hoarseness in episodes was the most frequent (83.0%). Held some kind of voice care only 19.3% of the total and only 7.04% of students that already teaching has any voice care. Don’t receive any voice orientation during the course 115 people (92.7%). Most respondents (54%) had moderate intake of water, were smokers 10.5%, drinkers 40.3%, two (1.6%) used illicit drugs and 62.1% of the participants realize physical activities. In this study we found high prevalency of vocal symptoms (86.3%) being the most frequent hoarseness (68.2%). There was no correlation between teaching and the presence of symptoms. Vocal care, hydration, strenuous hours of teaching, drinking and smoking were not determinants for an increased risk of dysphonic symptoms in this population.
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