Journal of the Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics (대한후두음성언어의학회지)

The Korean Society of Laryngology, Phoniatrics and Logopedics. (대한후두음성언어의학회)
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The Effect of Vocal Hygiene for the Female Elementary School Teachers

초등학교 여교사를 대상으로 한 음성위생법 효과성

  • Park, Sung-Shin (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Sim, Hyun-Sub (Interdisciplinary Program of Communication Disorders, The Graduate School, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Chung, Sung-Min (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, The Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Park, Young-Hak (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea) ;
  • Cho, Seung-Ho (Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea)
  • 박성신 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성모병원 이비인후과교실) ;
  • 심현섭 (이화여자대학교 언어병리학 협동과정) ;
  • 정성민 (이화여자대학교 의과대학 이비인후과교실) ;
  • 박영학 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성모병원 이비인후과교실) ;
  • 조승호 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학 성모병원 이비인후과교실)
  • Published : 2004.06.01
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Abstract

Background and Objectives : The purpose of the present study is to investigate the effect of vocal hygiene education for the female elementary school teachers. Materials and Method : Thirty healthy female elementary school teachers were enrolled for the study. We provided a vocal hygiene education to the half of them. Voice handicap index and acoustic parameters were measured before and 4 week after the education. The efficacy of vocal hygiene education was analyzed by Wilcoxon Signed-rank test. Results : The vocal hygiene group showed significant improvement both in the subjective and objective data after the education. However, the non-vocal hygiene group failed to show any improvement. In functional score, emotional score, jitter, shimmer, only Junior Class(JC) could find significant after the education. Only low career(LC) could find significant in subjective data. Conclusion : Vocal hygiene education may be useful in reducing vocal misuse and abuse associated with teaching, and can be an effective method to maintain and improve the vocal health of teachers.

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