Purpose The purpose of this document is threefold:(a) review the uses of the terms “vocal
fatigue,”“vocal effort,”“vocal load,” and “vocal loading”(as found in the literature) in order to …

This article reviews current literature on vocal fatigue and considers its potential relationship
to vocal hyperfunction. Vocal fatigue is defined by its symptoms. Specifically, the voice user …

Objective To develop a psychometrically sound self-report questionnaire, the Vocal Fatigue
Index (VFI), to help identify individuals with vocal fatigue (VF) and characterize their …

Purpose In this study, the authors created a more concise picture of the vocal demands
placed on teachers by comparing occupational voice use with nonoccupational voice use …

Purpose This tutorial addresses fundamental characteristics of microphones (frequency
response, frequency range, dynamic range, and directionality), which are important for …

Objectives The primary objective of this study was to examine how a group of Swedish
teachers rate aspects of their working environment that can be presumed to have an impact …

Among teachers, music teachers are roughly four times more likely than classroom teachers
to develop voice-related problems. Although it has been established that music teachers use …

Purpose The purpose of the present study was to determine the efficacy of water resistance
therapy (WRT) in a long-term period of voice treatment in subjects diagnosed with voice …

Excessive vocal effort is a common clinical voice symptom, yet the acoustical manifestation
of vocal effort and how that is perceived by speakers and listeners has not been fully …

Voice education programs may help in optimizing teachers' voice use. This study compared
effects of voice training (VT) and voice hygiene lecture (VHL) in 60 randomly assigned …