The relative effectiveness of vocal hygiene training and vocal function exercises in preventing voice disorders in primary school teachers

Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 128-140

  Pasa, Gulsen ^a   Oates, Jennifer ^a   Dacakis, Georgia ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prevention of voice disorders; Teachers; Vocal function exercises; Vocal hygiene training; Vocal symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FREQUENCY MODULATION; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PHONATION; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SPEECH THERAPY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER; TIME; VOCAL CORD DISORDER; VOCAL FUNCTION EXERCISE; VOCAL HYGIENE TRAINING; VOICE CHANGE;

ADULT; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPEECH THERAPY; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE TRAINING;

EID: 34648819847     PISSN: 14015439     EISSN: 16512022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14015430701207774     Document Type: Article

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