Perfil vocal, ocupacional e de saúde geral de docentes de Santa Maria/RS
Carla Aparecida Cielo,Caroline Rodrigues Portalete,Vanessa Veis Ribeiro,Gabriele Rodrigues Bastilha +3 more
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In this article, the authors characterized and related the vocal, occupational and general health profile of elementary school teachers from Santa Maria/RS, and found a statistically significant relationship between respiratory disorders and the measurement of the relative average frequency disturbance (jitter).Abstract:
Purpose: to characterize and relate the vocal, occupational and general health profile of elementary school teachers from Santa Maria/RS. Methods: observational analytical cross-sectional study of quantitative character. The sample consisted by 127 teachers (average age of 38.25 years-old) who responded to a questionnaire and underwent hearing screening, perceptual voice assessment and acoustic analysis. Results: average of 7,03h/day of teaching; work as a teacher for 13,13 years on average; high occurrence of vocal complaints and there was no reports of respiratory disorders, alcoholism and smoking habits; most showed no disorders in the auditory perceptual parameters; the acoustic analysis presented disorders in measures of disturbance frequency, the amplitude and noise; the teachers who have submitted complaints vocals had daily workload higher than those that did not show; teachers with vocal complaints presented significant changes in measurement of the fundamental frequency variation (jitter); and it was found a statistically significant relationship between respiratory disorders and the measurement of the relative average frequency disturbance (jitter). Conclusion: there is high occurrence of vocal complaints among elementary school teachers, and these were related with the high workload and acoustic measures of jitter, which also presented relation to the related respiratory disorders.read more
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A saúde docente no trabalho: apontamentos a partir da literatura recente
Pedro Afonso Cortez,Marcus Vinícius Rodrigues de Souza,Laura Oliveira Amaral,Luiz Carlos Avelino da Silva +3 more
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Vocal Symptoms in Brazilian Professors: Self-Perception and Relationship Factors.
Ana Paula Dassie-Leite,Gabrieli Cristina Santos Cercal,Antônio Leonardo de Paula,Jaqueline Mendes Mendez Novis,Vanessa Veis Ribeiro,Vanessa Veis Ribeiro +5 more
TL;DR: The only factor that influences the self-perception of vocal symptoms in Brazilian academic teachers is the presence of vocal complaints.
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Salutogenic resources for promoting teachers’ vocal health
Cláudia Cossentino Bruck Marçal,Ivonete Teresinha Schülter Buss Heidemann,Michelle Kuntz Durand,Pamela Camila Fernandes Rumor,Aline Megumi Arakawa-Belaunde,Janaina Medeiros de Souza +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a descriptive exploratory qualitative study, carried out from September to October 2017, with teachers from the initial grades of five schools in the public school system, was conducted to understand what salutogenic resources have been developed to promote public school teachers' vocal health.
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Sound pressure levels in classrooms of a University and its effects on students and professors
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Acoustic Measurements of the Glottic Source of Female Teachers With Dysphonia.
Arieli Jaques de Souza,Daniela da Silva Gonçalves,Gabriele Rodrigues Bastilha,Mara Keli Christmann,Fabrício Scapini,Carla Aparecida Cielo +5 more
TL;DR: Acoustic parameters outside the normal pattern showed an aperiodic vocal production, with presence of noise and instability in the vocal signal, in dysphonic teachers with or without alteration at the laryngeal level.
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