Observations of the relationship between noise exposure and preschool teacher voice usage in day-care center environments

Journal of Voice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 166-172

  Lindstrom, Fredric ^a   Waye, Kerstin Persson ^a   Södersten, Maria ^b   McAllister, Anita ^c   Ternström, Sten ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fundamental frequency; Noise exposure; Occupational voice; Teacher voice; Vocal behavior; Voice intensity; Voice level

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; NOISE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TEACHER; VOICE; WORKPLACE;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PHONATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE QUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951941936     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.09.009     Document Type: Article

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