Stress and the quality of vocal emission

Authors

  • A. Guzy

Abstract

I am going to present the results of the research into the influence of stress on the vocal organ of a teacher. Over 200 people participated in the research, 100 of them being teachers and the rest constituting a control group. All of them completed the Voice Handicap Index test (measuring the handicap level of the voice) as well as the PSS10 test (measuring the level of the stress being felt); in addition, they took part in a professional research into vocal emission where particular spheres of their voice were evaluated (motorics of the articulatory apparatus, the way resonators work, the breathing track, speech quality, vocal fatigue level etc.); also, they went through spirometer checkups. The results of the research show which parameters are dependent the most on the level of stress felt at a particular moment in time. What is more, thanks to the analysis of the results in the study and control groups, it was possible to answer the question whether the obtained relations are specific only to teachers as a group.

Published

2015-12-31

Issue

Section

Poster presentations