Effect of a Workplace Vocal Health Promotion Program and Working Conditions on Voice Functioning of College Professors

Atará-Piraquive, Ángela Patricia; Herrera-Guzmán, Claudia Liliana; Hernández-Contreras, Jeison Ramiro; Rincón-Pinilla, María Paula; Peña-Campagnoli, Angie Tatiana; Florez-Lancheros, Gina Paola; Cutiva, Lady Catherine Cantor

doi:10.1016/j.jvoice.2021.05.016

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“…Moreover, workplace health promotion interventions may target psychosocial and physical factors, which will allow them to reduce health risks and improve productivity ( 20 ) . A previous study reported higher voice-related quality of life after a workplace vocal health promotion program ( 10 ) , which highlight the effect of implementing activities in the workplace that promote vocal health and reduce stress levels among college professors. Furthermore, 100% online interventions have been found to be effective for increasing knowledge about vocal health and vocal techniques (warm-up and cool-down), reducing the presence of voice symptoms and improving the voice quality of teachers after 4 workshops ( 14 ) .…”

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“…College professors have an extra load due to the mixing between teaching, research, and service with administrative tasks ( 10 ) , which can increase their vocal demands and stress levels. Moreover, during COVID-19, college professors faced significant stressors and increased the likelihood of reporting hoarseness due to changes in their working conditions that included teaching online classes (often without previous knowledge of virtual environments) ( 11 ) .…”

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Effect of an online Workplace Vocal Health and Low Stress Levels Promotion Program implemented in a Colombian university during COVID-19 pandemic

Atará-Piraquive,

Forero-Suárez,

Cárdenas-Martinez

et al. 2023

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Purpose To determine the effect of an online Workplace Vocal Health and Low Stress Levels (WVHLS) Promotion Program implemented in a Colombian university during COVID-19 pandemic. Methods This research was a quasi-experimental study. Twenty-nine professors participated in this study within two groups: (1) intervention group (n=17) or (2) non-intervention group (n=12). Participants in the intervention group took part in four virtual sessions about how to improve vocal health and strategies to reduce stress levels during their homeworking and online classes. Teachers filled in a questionnaire including questions about working conditions, work-related stress, and the voice functioning (including the Vocal Fatigue Index-VFI). They also recorded a voice sample of a sustained vowel on two separate occasions (before and after the follow-up). Results At the end of the follow-up, there was a tendency to reduce Factor 1 of VFI in the intervention group. Although, all participants had a longer MPT at the end of the study compared with the baseline measures, males in the intervention group had longer MPT compared with other participants. Conclusion Our results suggest a positive effect of a WVHLS promotion program on reducing vocal fatigue perception measured by means of the Vocal Fatigue Index and improving coordination and control of breathing speech measured MPT. These changes at the end of the follow-up may indicate that holistic programs that include voice care recommendations, breathing exercises, vocal warm-up, cold-down and laryngeal relaxation vocal exercises, and stress management may be beneficial for reducing work-related stress and voice symptoms among professors.

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Effect of an online Workplace Vocal Health and Low Stress Levels Promotion Program implemented in a Colombian university during COVID-19 pandemic

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Forero-Suárez,

Cárdenas-Martinez

et al. 2023

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“…Recognizing the integral role that vocal health plays in the transmission of knowledge, it becomes clear that improving listening conditions in learning spaces entails more than enhancing room acoustics and reducing noise; it also necessitates promoting lecturers’ vocal health. This involves educating these occupational groups about vocal hygiene and efficient voice use 47 – 49 . Additionally, it requires the early identification of individuals with vocal concerns to prevent further deterioration, as recommended in a recent meta-analysis 7 .…”

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A lecturer’s voice quality and its effect on memory, listening effort, and perception in a VR environment

Schiller,

Breuer,

Aspöck

et al. 2024

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Many lecturers develop voice problems, such as hoarseness. Nevertheless, research on how voice quality influences listeners’ perception, comprehension, and retention of spoken language is limited to a small number of audio-only experiments. We aimed to address this gap by using audio-visual virtual reality (VR) to investigate the impact of a lecturer’s hoarseness on university students’ heard text recall, listening effort, and listening impression. Fifty participants were immersed in a virtual seminar room, where they engaged in a Dual-Task Paradigm. They listened to narratives presented by a virtual female professor, who spoke in either a typical or hoarse voice. Simultaneously, participants performed a secondary task. Results revealed significantly prolonged secondary-task response times with the hoarse voice compared to the typical voice, indicating increased listening effort. Subjectively, participants rated the hoarse voice as more annoying, effortful to listen to, and impeding for their cognitive performance. No effect of voice quality was found on heard text recall, suggesting that, while hoarseness may compromise certain aspects of spoken language processing, this might not necessarily result in reduced information retention. In summary, our findings underscore the importance of promoting vocal health among lecturers, which may contribute to enhanced listening conditions in learning spaces.

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“…As for health prevention levels, 13 articles 13,15,16,[18][19][20][21][22][25][26][27][28][29]31 (72.22%) were categorized in primary healthcare. These studies included only healthy voices or those without diagnosed changes, with a focus on preventing the emergence of changes.…”

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“…Concerning the effectiveness of proposals, the studies used various methodologies. Thirteen articles compared groups -10 of them 13,16,[19][20][21]23,24,26,28,29 had an experimental (EG) and a control group (CG). Also, two studies 14,22 compared two EGs with different interventions and a CG (one of them analyzed the difference between in-person and remote intervention, and the other one compared an intervention providing vocal hygiene instructions with an intervention using the same instructions associated with vocal improvement techniques).…”

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Proposals to promote health and prevent voice disorders in occupational voice users: A scoping review

Martins,

Saito,

Viegas

et al. 2024

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Purpose: to characterize the actions of vocal health promotion and/or prevention of vocal disorders applied to voice professionals. Methods: a scoping review following the PRISMA-ScR guidelines in SciELO and PubMed databases was conducted. Articles that had as participants voice professionals without concomitant vocal treatment, that described proposals for health promotion or vocal disorders prevention, published between 2010 and 2023, were included. They were grouped into categories and data were presented descriptively. Literature Review: eighteen articles with artistic and non-artistic voice professionals, mostly teachers, were included. Most of the studies focused on healthy voices, aiming at primary prevention. Many articles presented guidance on vocal hygiene and health and used resources such as vocal enhancement, voice workshop, voice amplifiers and apps. All the articles positively mentioned their results, especially with regard to self-perception in relation to voice, vocal quality and quality of life, awareness of positive and harmful practices to the voice. Conclusion: the proposals contemplated different levels of prevention, but most focused on primary prevention, including vocally healthy participants; all articles indicated positive results in voice self-perception, voice quality and quality of life, and awareness of positive and harmful voice practices.

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Effect of a Workplace Vocal Health Promotion Program and Working Conditions on Voice Functioning of College Professors

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References 47 publications

Effect of an online Workplace Vocal Health and Low Stress Levels Promotion Program implemented in a Colombian university during COVID-19 pandemic

Effect of an online Workplace Vocal Health and Low Stress Levels Promotion Program implemented in a Colombian university during COVID-19 pandemic

A lecturer’s voice quality and its effect on memory, listening effort, and perception in a VR environment

Proposals to promote health and prevent voice disorders in occupational voice users: A scoping review

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