Voice Disorders in Teachers

Authors

Hsin-Yu Chien
Feng-Chuan Lin
Yu-Lin Huang

Translated Title

教師嗓音異常之探討

Abstract

Teachers have higher occupational voice demands than the general populations. In addition to speaking intensively in a noisy environment for a long period of time, the lack of vocal hygiene education and vocal training experience will lead to high-risk for developing voice disorders. Although voice disorders are not life-threatening diseases, it affects teachers in many aspects. In addition to impacting teachers' personal physical and psychological condition, it also interferes with the quality of students' learning, which then bring down teachers' teaching and life quality, and even more so on teachers' mental health and career path. In order to help teachers understand and facing the problem of voice, this article provides prevalence, symptoms, risk factors of voice disorders, and their effects on teachers. This article also provides clinical treatment and prevention to reduce the impact of voice disorders on teachers' career or life.

Language

Traditional Chinese

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.6315/TJPMR.201912_47(2).0001

First Page

81

Last Page

86

Recommended Citation

Chien, Hsin-Yu; Lin, Feng-Chuan; and Huang, Yu-Lin (2019) "Voice Disorders in Teachers," Rehabilitation Practice and Science: Vol. 47: Iss. 2, Article 1.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.6315/TJPMR.201912_47(2).0001
Available at: https://rps.researchcommons.org/journal/vol47/iss2/1