Vocal loading among day care center teachers

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-28

  Sala, Eeva ^a   Airo, Erkko ^a   Olkinuora, Pekka ^a   Simberg, Susanna ^a   Ström, Ulla ^a   Laine, Anneli ^a   Pentti, Jaana ^a   Suonpää, Jouko ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Background noise; Day care center; Day care center teacher; Hospital nurse; Phonation time; Pre school; Speaking time; Speech intensity; Speech level; Vocal loading; Voice loading

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LARYNX DISORDER; NOISE; NOISE REDUCTION; NURSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; TEACHER; TEACHING; TIME; VOCALIZATION; VOICE;

ADULT; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; VOICE; VOICE DISORDERS;

EID: 0036393270     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/140154302760146943     Document Type: Article

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