Changes in the prevalence of vocal symptoms among teachers during a twelve-year period

被引:104
作者
Simberg, S
Sala, E
Vehmas, K
Laine, A
机构
[1] Univ Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
[2] Turku Univ, Cent Hosp, Dept Otorhinolaryngol, Turku, Finland
[3] Turku Municipal Hlth Care Ctr, Turku, Finland
关键词
teachers; vocal symptoms; voice disorders; pupil misbehaving; VOICE PROBLEMS; SPEECH-COMMUNICATION; ACOUSTIC CONDITIONS; DISORDERS; CLASSROOMS; FREQUENCY; MOISTURE; STRESS;
D O I
10.1016/j.jvoice.2004.02.009
中图分类号
R36 [病理学]; R76 [耳鼻咽喉科学];
学科分类号
100104 ; 100213 ;
摘要
Vocal symptoms and voice disorders among teachers were studied in 1988 using a questionnaire designed to obtain information on six vocal symptoms that had appeared during the past 2 years. Twelve percent of the 478 respondents reported vocal symptoms occurring weekly or more often. The study was repeated using the same questionnaire in 2001. The results of this second study (n = 241) indicate that vocal symptoms had increased considerably. Twenty-nine percent of the teachers reported symptoms occurring weekly or more often, and 20% reported two symptoms or more occurring at least once a week, which is significantly more than in 1988. Accordingly, voice disorders are probably a growing problem among teachers. Several factors may explain these increases. In 2001, the teachers complained more often about increases in the size of their classes. Factors that disturbed normal work routines, such as noisy or misbehaving pupils, had also increased significantly. A growing number of misbehaving pupils probably cause increased background noise and stress and, thus, increase the vocal symptoms in teachers.
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