Effects of pedagogical ideology on the perceived loudness and noise levels in preschools

Noise and Health

Volumn 17, Issue 78, 2015, Pages 282-293

  Jonsdottir, Valdis ^a   Rantala, Leena M ^b   Oskarsson, Gudmundur Kr ^c   Sala, Eeva ^d  

^a Voice Pathologist   (Iceland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AKUREYRI   (Iceland)

^d Turku University   (Finland)

Author keywords

Noise; pedagogical ideology; preschools; teachers; voice symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOISE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SELF REPORT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STANDARDS; TEACHING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NOISE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SELF REPORT; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TEACHING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84941754137     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: 19984030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1463-1741.165044     Document Type: Article

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