CompletedNot Applicable

Female Teacher's Voice During Teaching

54 participantsStarted 2009-12-07

Plain-language summary

Two voice therapy methods are compared. Activity noise levels and vocal load of teachers during teaching in primary school classrooms are evaluated. Acoustic and Workshop Interventions are implemented in order to reduce noise level during lesson.

Who can participate

SexFEMALE

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Inclusion Criteria: * Female teachers or teachers of special needs children from elementary schools * Voice symptoms and willingness to participate in voice therapy * Mother tongue Finnish * No hearing loss, no need to use a hearing aid * Non-smoking * No neurological diseases * No voice therapy during past year * Successful phoniatric examination with rigid laryngoscopy or nasal endoscopy Exclusion Criteria: * Mother tongue other than Finnish * Need to use a hearing aid * Need for medical treatment in the larynx * Abnormalities of the larynx * Vocal cord paresis * Laryngitis * Posterior hypertrophy

What they're measuring

The change of the well-being of the teachers' voice.

Timeframe: Up to one week before the interventions, up to one week after the interventions, 6 months after the interventions, 1 year and 2 years after the interventions and up to one week after the control time (concerning control group).

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03382535

SponsorUniversity of Oulu

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2014-12-20

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