Sala E, Laine A, Simberg S, Pentti J, Suonpää J
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland.
J Voice. 2001 Sep;15(3):413-23. doi: 10.1016/S0892-1997(01)00042-X.
The acceptance of voice disorders by day care center teachers as an occupational disease is not an invariably established practice. This is due to the lack of reliable evidence of a higher risk for voice disorders in this profession. To find out the risk of voice disorders, an epidemiological study was conducted among day care center teachers (n = 262), using hospital nurses (n = 108) as a control group. Symptoms were charted by a questionnaire. In a clinical examination made by a laryngologist, the voice quality was assessed and the laryngeal status noted. Teachers at day care centers had significantly more voice disorders than did nurses. Vocal nodules and laryngitis findings appeared significantly more frequently among day care center teachers than among those in the control group. The results prove voice disorders to be more frequent among day care center teachers than among control group subjects, and also that the main cause for this may be a higher vocal loading among day care center teachers than among control group subjects.
日托中心教师将嗓音疾病视为职业病的做法并非一成不变。这是因为缺乏可靠证据表明该职业患嗓音疾病的风险更高。为了查明嗓音疾病的风险，对262名日托中心教师进行了一项流行病学研究，并以108名医院护士作为对照组。通过问卷记录症状。由喉科医生进行临床检查，评估嗓音质量并记录喉部状况。日托中心教师的嗓音疾病明显多于护士。日托中心教师中出现声带小结和喉炎的情况明显多于对照组。结果证明，日托中心教师比对照组受试者更容易出现嗓音疾病，而且主要原因可能是日托中心教师的嗓音负荷比对照组受试者更高。
