Vocal behavior and vocal loading factors for preschool teachers at work studied with binaural DAT recordings

Journal of Voice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 356-371

  Södersten, Maria ^a   Granqvist, Svante ^b   Hammarberg, Britta ^a   Szabo, Annika ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Background noise; Fundamental frequency; Occupational voice disorders; Phonation time; Sound pressure level; Vocal loading

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINAURAL HEARING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; LARYNX DISORDER; MICROPHONE; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PHONATION; PRESSURE; READING; RECORDING; RISK FACTOR; SOUND; SPEECH; TEACHER; VOICE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE AGED; TEACHING; TIME; WORK;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TEACHING; TIME FACTORS; VOICE DISORDERS; WORK;

EID: 0036725668     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0892-1997(02)00107-8     Document Type: Article

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