Russell A, Oates J, Greenwood K M
Speech Pathology Department, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
J Voice. 1998 Dec;12(4):467-79. doi: 10.1016/s0892-1997(98)80056-8.
Teachers are frequently cited as experiencing a high rate of vocal dysfunction (1-7). Despite considerable research in the area of voice problems in teachers, the prevalence of voice disorders in this group is unknown. This study investigated the prevalence of self-reported voice problems in teachers using a mail survey of a simple random sample of 1168 state school teachers (preschool-Grade 12) in South Australia. As part of the survey, teachers were asked to report voice problems for the day of the survey, during the current teaching year, and during their careers. The response rate was 75%, with 16% of teachers reporting voice problems on the day of the survey, 20% reporting problems during the current teaching year, and 19% reporting problems at some time during their career. Females were twice as likely as males to report voice problems. These findings clearly indicate a need for further investigation of the causes of vocal dysfunction in teachers and for the development of educational programs aimed at preventing voice problems in this group of professional voice users.
教师经常被认为是嗓音功能障碍高发群体（1-7）。尽管在教师嗓音问题领域已有大量研究，但该群体嗓音障碍的患病率仍不清楚。本研究通过对南澳大利亚1168名公立学校教师（幼儿园至12年级）的简单随机样本进行邮件调查，来探究教师自我报告的嗓音问题患病率。作为调查的一部分，教师被要求报告调查当天、当前教学年度以及职业生涯中的嗓音问题。回复率为75%，16%的教师报告在调查当天有嗓音问题，20%报告在当前教学年度有问题，19%报告在职业生涯中的某个时候有问题。报告有嗓音问题的女性人数是男性的两倍。这些发现清楚地表明，需要进一步调查教师嗓音功能障碍的原因，并制定旨在预防这一专业嗓音使用者群体嗓音问题的教育项目。
