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ArticleEuropean archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery2021

Voice symptoms in teachers during distance teaching: a survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Finland.

M Patjas, H Vertanen-Greis, P Pietarinen, A Geneid

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Article in European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

M PatjasDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Phoniatrics - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland. markku.patjas@hus.fi.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7346-2554
H Vertanen-GreisTurku Clinical Research Centre, University of Turku, Turku, Finland.
P PietarinenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Phoniatrics - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
A GeneidDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology and Phoniatrics - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
University of Helsinki · FIUniversity of Turku · FI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDue to the coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19), teachers during the pandemic have had to adapt to online teaching at short notice. This study aims to investigate the voice symptoms and their environmental risk factors as well as the work ability associated with distance teaching and to compare these with symptoms in previous contact teaching.

methodsWe conducted a survey of 121 primary and secondary school teachers across Finland. The survey was advertised online through social media and the replies collected from voluntarily participating teachers.

resultsDuring distance teaching vocal symptoms appeared less often than in school with 71% teachers experiencing them in regular teaching and 44% in distance teaching, VHI result decreased from 7.88 in school teaching to 4.58 in distance teaching. Acoustic conditions were reported to be more suitable in distance teaching with 73% of teachers finding them adequate during distance teaching in comparison to 46% for those in regular teaching. Background noise was the most disturbing factor for a teacher's voice in the classroom and in distance teaching and this was even more conspicuous in the classroom. Also, subjectively experienced poor indoor air quality at school influenced the voice negatively. Further, voice problems were associated with increased subjective stress levels and reduced ability to work.

conclusionDistance teaching has affected teachers' voices in a positive way compared with regular teaching. This difference is likely to be due to better acoustics and indoor air quality in distance teaching conditions.

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COVID-19Occupational DiseasesVoice DisordersFinlandHumansPandemicsSARS-CoV-2Surveys and QuestionnairesTeachingAir qualityBackground noiseCovid-19Distance learningTeacherVoiceVoice symptomsWork ability

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