The Prevalence of Voice Disorders Among Day Care Center Teachers Compared with Nurses

Sala, Eeva; Laine, Anneli; Simberg, Susanna; Pentti, Jaana; Suonpää, Jouko

doi:10.1016/s0892-1997(01)00042-x

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“…Despite the large number of studies of teachers' voices today, there is still no consensus about the criteria for defining a voice disorder [58]. Commonly, the definition has been based on the number and frequency of symptoms of voice disorders [5,8,21] or on the clinician's observations of laryngeal findings or on remarks on the voice quality *21, 22+.…”

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“…This calls for further comparative studies with nonteachers. The findings of Sala et al [8] indicate that there may be differences in the occurrence of laryngeal findings between teachers and voice healthy non-teachers. They found 29% of the teachers at day-care centers to have laryngeal deviations but only 7% in a group of nurses.…”

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confidence: 94%

“…Ilonmäki et al [21] found severe organic changes in 14% of the 78 pre-school teachers investigated. Sala et al [8] made organic findings in 29% of 262 teachers. None of these studies found a correlation between laryngeal findings and subjective symptoms of voice disorders.…”

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“…The second one was the energy in the frequency band 5-8 kHz. 8 A large amount of energy in this band can be a sign of noise due to an incomplete glottal closure [37].…”

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“…They need a flexible voice to instruct, discipline, clarify, and for attracting interest and attention. The increased voice load and the voice load's impact on the voice are evident when teachers are compared to occupational groups with lesser occupational voice demands [8,11,28]. However, commonly, not all the staff at a work place is affected by voice problems.…”

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How Do Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems Differ From Their Peers With Self-Reported Voice Health?

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ObjectivesThis randomized case-control study compares teachers with self-reported voice problems, to age, gender and school-matched colleagues with self-reported voice health. The self-assessed voice function is related to factors known to influence the voice: laryngeal findings, voice quality, and personality, psycho social and coping aspects, searching for causative factors of voice problems in teachers. MethodsSubjects and controls, recruited from a teacher-group in an earlier questionnaire study, underwent examinations of the larynx by High-Speed Imaging and Kymograms; voice recordings; Voice Range Profile; audiometry; self assessment of voice handicap and voice function; teaching and environmental aspects; personality; coping ; burnout, and work-related issues. The laryngeal and voice recordings were assessed by experienced phoniatricians and speech pathologists. ResultsThe subjects with self-assessed voice problems differed from their peers with self-assessed voice health by significantly longer recovery-time from voice problems, and scored higher on all subscales of the Voice Handicap Index-T. ConclusionsThe results show that the cause of voice dysfunction in this group of teachers with self-reported voice problems is not found in the vocal apparatus or within the individual. The individual's perception of a voice problem seems to be based on a combination of the number of symptoms and of how often the symptoms occur, along with the time for recovery. The results also underline the importance of using self-assessed reports of voice dysfunction 1 Background and aim

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Section: Lindestad Et Al Found That Laryngeal Adduction Asymmetries mentioning

confidence: 97%

“…The second one was the energy in the frequency band 5-8 kHz. 8 A large amount of energy in this band can be a sign of noise due to an incomplete glottal closure [37].…”

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How Do Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems Differ From Their Peers With Self-Reported Voice Health?

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Interventions for preventing voice disorders in adults

Ruotsalainen

Sellman

Lehto

et al. 2007

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

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We found no evidence that either direct or indirect voice training or the two combined are effective in improving self-reported vocal functioning when compared to no intervention. The current practice of giving training to at-risk populations for preventing the development of voice disorders is therefore not supported by definitive evidence of effectiveness. Larger and methodologically better trials are needed with outcome measures that better reflect the aims of interventions.

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Evaluation of the prevalence of and factors associated with laryngeal diseases among the general population

Hah

Sim

et al. 2015

The Laryngoscope

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The Prevalence of Voice Disorders Among Day Care Center Teachers Compared with Nurses

Cited by 171 publications

References 15 publications

How Do Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems Differ From Their Peers With Self-Reported Voice Health?

How Do Teachers With Self-Reported Voice Problems Differ From Their Peers With Self-Reported Voice Health?

Interventions for preventing voice disorders in adults

Evaluation of the prevalence of and factors associated with laryngeal diseases among the general population

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