Perceptions and Practices of Vocal Warm-Up Exercises among School Teachers-A Survey

• 발행기관: 한국언어재활사협회
• 저자명: Navitha Ulaghanathan Sundaresan Sivapatham Savitha Vadakkanthara Hariharan
• 간행물 정보: 『Clinical Archives of Communication Disorders』Vol.9 No.3, 113~124쪽, 전체 12쪽
• 주제분류: 의약학 > 의학일반
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2024.12.31

국문 초록

Purpose: Occupational vocal demands have been identified to exacerbate vocal issues. Vocal warm-up exercises are strongly believed to help in the prevention of vocal fold damage in professional voice users. The study intended to recognize the perceptions and practices of vocal warm-up exercises among school teachers. Methods: A cross-sectional study design involving sixty primary school teachers working in the Kancheepuram District was adopted. A 30-item questionnaire containing questions related to demographic details, teaching habits, and vocal warm-up exercises, practice of vocal hygiene, and perceptions about the importance and effects of vocal warm-up on their voice ability was developed. The questionnaire was content validated by three Speech-Language Pathologists with more than 5 years of experience. Thus, a survey was conducted using the final set of questionnaires. Results: 37% of the teachers had voice problems whereas 30% reported having inconsistent voice issues. 55% have reported practicing breathing exercises as a part of a warm-up for their voice usage. 36% were found to be unaware of any types of exercises or practice of warm-up exercises for voice usage. However, all the subjects accepted the importance of vocal warm-up and hygiene practices to preserve their voice quality. Conclusions: Thus, the findings of the current study will help to create awareness of the importance of voice quality, vocal warm-up, and hygiene practices. It will assist in providing counselling and vocal rehabilitation among professional voice users like teachers.

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Vocal warm up exercise School teachers Voice symptoms Practice Survey