Changes in Teachers’ Voice Quality during a Working Day with and without Electric Sound Amplification

Valdis Jónsdottir; Anne-Maria Laukkanen; Ilona Siikki

doi:10.1159/000072157

journal article Jan 01, 2003

Changes in Teachers’ Voice Quality during a Working Day with and without Electric Sound Amplification

Valdis Jónsdottir Anne-Maria Laukkanen Ilona Siikki

Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica Vol. 55 No. 5 pp. 267-280 · S. Karger AG

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Abstract

The present study investigated changes in the voice quality of teachers during a working day (a) in ordinary conditions and (b) when using electrical sound amplification while teaching. Classroom speech of 5 teachers was recorded with a portable DAT recorder and a head-mounted microphone during the first and the last lesson of a hard working day first in ordinary conditions and the following week using amplification. Long-term average spectrum and sound pressure level (SPL) analyses were made. The subjects’ comments were gathered by questionnaire. Voice quality was evaluated by 2 speech trainers. With amplification, SPL was lower and the spectrum more tilted. Voice quality was evaluated to be better. The subjects reported less fatigue in the vocal mechanism. Spectral tilt decreased and SPL increased during the day. There was a tendency for perceived asthenia to decrease. No significant changes were observed in ordinary conditions. The acoustic changes seem to reflect a positive adaptation to vocal loading. Their absence may be a sign of vocal fatigue.

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Published: Jan 01, 2003
Vol/Issue: 55(5)
Pages: 267-280
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Valdis Jónsdottir, Anne-Maria Laukkanen, Ilona Siikki (2003). Changes in Teachers’ Voice Quality during a Working Day with and without Electric Sound Amplification. Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 55(5), 267-280. https://doi.org/10.1159/000072157

Changes in Teachers’ Voice Quality during a Working Day with and without Electric Sound Amplification

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