Subjective evaluation of voice and working conditions and phoniatric examination in kindergarten teachers

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 12-19

  Kankare, E ^a   Geneid, A ^b,c   Laukkanen, A M ^a   Vilkman, E ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c Suez Canal University Hospital   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Phoniatric examination; Self evaluation; Voice ergonomics; Voice symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DYSPHONIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; LARYNGOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; VIDEORECORDING; VOICE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGOSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; MUCUS; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TEACHING; VIDEO RECORDING; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959824179     PISSN: 10217762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328643     Document Type: Article

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