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Keywords

Voice disorders--Susceptibility; Coaches (Athletics)--Health and hygiene--Iowa; Iowa;

Abstract

Eighteen teachers who coach, representing school districts in northeast and southeast Iowa participated in this study. Voice recordings were analyzed acoustically, and perceptually rated to quantify voice quality. Videostroboscopy was used to visualize laryngeal anatomy and function to confirm suspected voice pathologies yielded from the acoustic data. A questionnaire was used to collect vocal history information from each coach. Utilizing these objective and subjective methods, it was determined that 39% of these coaches had a voice disorder at the time of testing. These coaches often would change their teaching style when confronted with a voice problem; however, a high percentage of these coaches continued to coach during episodes of voice difficulty. In addition, 100% of the female coaches and 26% of the male coaches that participated in this study had a voice disorder. Female coaches reported 8.67 vocal symptoms as compared to males' 3.6. Also, water intake affected the number of voice symptoms reported. Physiologic, acoustic, videostroboscopic, and questionnaire correlations were computed. Teachers comprise approximately 20% of the speech-language pathology voice clinic load in the United States; however, the incidence of voice disorders in teachers who coach is not well established. Based on this lack of data, this population of teachers was investigated in order to better understand the long-term effects of prolonged voice use during athletic seasons in addition to in the classroom.

Year of Submission

2000

Degree Name

Master of Arts

Department

Department of Communicative Disorders

First Advisor

Carlin Hageman

Second Advisor

Kenneth Bleile

Third Advisor

James Kelly

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Date Original

2000

Object Description

1 PDF file (80 leaves)

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

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