Evaluation of the effectiveness of vocal hygiene and voice therapy in treatment of voice disorders in primary school teachers
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of treatment of voice disorders in primary school teachers. The intervention study was performed on 50 teachers at primary schools in Gia Lam District, Hanoi. The results show that interventions significantly reduced post - treatment characteristics compared to pre - treatment such as hoarseness reduction from 90% to 48%, decreased breathing in speech from 86% to 32%, reduced functional voice disorders from 76% to 36%; the post - intervention serological parameters were significantly improved compared with before treatment. The lesions in the larynx were also significantly improved when compared before with after treatment. Therefore, voice training and voice cleaning restore normal voice and increase the teachers’ conciousness of the tone of their voice.
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Voice disorders, voice treatments, female, primary school teacher.
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