Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the speech and language pathologists' (SLPs) voice production during a typical working day. Patients and Methods: A total of 28 SLPs, all females, were enrolled. According to the type of treated disease, the cohort of SLPs was divided into 4 groups (7 SLPs focused on the rehabilitation of dysphagic adult clients; 7 SLPs focused on the rehabilitation of deaf children; 7 SLPs focused on the rehabilitation of dysphonic adult clients; and 7 SLPs focused on the rehabilitation of aphasic adult clients). The voice production evaluation was performed using ambulatory phonation monitoring (APM). Results: Significant differences in the APM results were found between the 4 groups of SLPs. In particular, SLPs focusing on the treatment of dysphonic and deaf clients experienced a higher vocal load than SLPs focusing on the treatment of aphasic and dysphagic clients. Conclusion: SLPs may experience heavy vocal loads during working hours. In addition, it seems that some rehabilitation settings could be more vocally demanding than others.

Speech and Language Pathologists' Voice Use in Working Environments : a Field Study Using Ambulatory Phonation Monitoring / F. Mozzanica, A. Selvaggio, D. Ginocchio, N. Pizzorni, L. Scarponi, A. Schindler. - In: FOLIA PHONIATRICA ET LOGOPAEDICA. - ISSN 1021-7762. - 68:6(2016), pp. 268-273. [10.1159/000481884]

Speech and Language Pathologists' Voice Use in Working Environments : a Field Study Using Ambulatory Phonation Monitoring

F. Mozzanica
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D. Ginocchio;N. Pizzorni;A. Schindler
2016

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Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the speech and language pathologists' (SLPs) voice production during a typical working day. Patients and Methods: A total of 28 SLPs, all females, were enrolled. According to the type of treated disease, the cohort of SLPs was divided into 4 groups (7 SLPs focused on the rehabilitation of dysphagic adult clients; 7 SLPs focused on the rehabilitation of deaf children; 7 SLPs focused on the rehabilitation of dysphonic adult clients; and 7 SLPs focused on the rehabilitation of aphasic adult clients). The voice production evaluation was performed using ambulatory phonation monitoring (APM). Results: Significant differences in the APM results were found between the 4 groups of SLPs. In particular, SLPs focusing on the treatment of dysphonic and deaf clients experienced a higher vocal load than SLPs focusing on the treatment of aphasic and dysphagic clients. Conclusion: SLPs may experience heavy vocal loads during working hours. In addition, it seems that some rehabilitation settings could be more vocally demanding than others.
Phonation; Risk factors; Speech-language pathology; Vocal loading; Language and Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; 3616; LPN and LVN
Settore MED/31 - Otorinolaringoiatria
2016
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