Speaker's comfort in teaching environments: Voice problems in swedish teaching staff

Journal of Voice

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 430-440

  Åhlander, Viveka Lyberg ^a,b   Rydell, Roland ^a   Löfqvist, Anders ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Environmental loading factors; Epidemiology; Hoarseness; Room acoustics; Self evaluation; Teachers; Vocal symptoms; Voice

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPEECH DISORDER; TEACHER; TEACHING; VOCALIZATION; VOICE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; AGED; ASTHMA; ENVIRONMENT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICK LEAVE; SWEDEN; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE TRAINING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959754789     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: 18734588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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