How do teachers with self-reported voice problems differ from their peers with self-reported voice health?

Journal of Voice

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

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

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Audiogram; Coping; High speed imaging; Psychosocial; Teachers; Throat; Voice; Voice Handicap Index; VRP

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; AUDIOMETRY; BURNOUT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COPING BEHAVIOR; DYSPHONIA; ELECTROKYMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PEER GROUP; PERSONALITY; PHONIATRICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPEECH PATHOLOGIST; TEACHER; VOICE; VOICE ANALYSIS; VOICE HANDICAP INDEX THROAT; VOICE RECORDING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AUDIOMETRY; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KYMOGRAPHY; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; VOICE DISORDERS; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 84863186316     PISSN: 08921997     EISSN: 18734588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvoice.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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