ArticleJournal of voice : official journal of the Voice Foundation2020
The Effect of Pulmonary Function on the Incidence of Vocal Fatigue Among Teachers.
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- The effects of vocal exertion on lung volume measurements and acoustics in speakers reporting high and low vocal fatigue.PloS one · 2022Article
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- Occupational voice is a work in progress: active risk management, habilitation and rehabilitation.Current opinion in otolaryngology & head and neck surgery · 2019Review
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Abstract
introductionFemales face a significantly higher risk of presenting with voice problems than males. This discrepancy has been associated with a number of differences in respiratory behavior and the physiology of the laryngeal and endocrine systems.
methodsIn conjunction with established spirometry measures, the Vocal Fatigue Index (VFI) was used to determine (1) if there is a relationship between base pulmonary function and vocal fatigue among teachers; and (2) if that relationship is different in females from males. One hundred and twenty-two elementary and middle school teachers (96 females and 26 males) from the Jordan School District in Northern Utah participated in the study.
resultsVFI factors were predictors of the outcomes of several raw spirometry measures for female participants, but the same predictive relationship was not found for male participants. Additionally, there appeared to be no relationship between VFI and spirometry measures in females when using normalized, rather than raw, spirometry metrics.
conclusionsThe results suggest that the pulmonary physiology that would result in reduced raw pulmonary function, in combination with other differences associated with gender, may lead to a greater incidence of vocal fatigue among female teachers than their male counterparts.
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