Open AccessResults of a Voice-Related Survey of Physical Education Student Teachers
Author(s) -
Elizabeth U. Grillo,
Jen. Brosious
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
communication disorders quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.519
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1538-4837
pISSN - 1525-7401
DOI - 10.1177/1525740118774207
Subject(s) - psychology , affect (linguistics) , medical education , quality (philosophy) , quality of life (healthcare) , applied psychology , medicine , communication , philosophy , epistemology , psychotherapist
The current study investigated physical education (PE) student teachers' understanding of the vocal demands of their future profession, interest in participating in a voice-training program, and the current impact of the voice on quality-of-life by the Voice Handicap Index (VHI, Jacobson et al., 1997). Seventy-four PE student teachers completed a voice-related survey and the VHI. Forty-three percent of participants indicated that teaching will negatively affect the voice and 29% of participants reported that they may develop a voice problem because of teaching; however, only 17% of participants indicated that a voice training program was needed to learn healthy and effective voice use for teaching. Based on the results, participants knew that teaching may negatively impact the voice, but they were not convinced that a voice training program was necessary. In addition, the student teachers' voices were not negatively impacting quality- of-life, as determined by the VHI.