Treatment for Teachers With Vocal Fatigue
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Conditions studied: Vocal Fatigue, Treatment
In brief
Teachers are a population at high risk for voice disorders given their occupational demands. In a teaching career, a common debilitating symptom among all vocal symptoms experienced is - vocal fatigue, impacting teachers' occupational performance and increasing health care costs. It is therefore essential to identify potential treatment options to alleviate the symptom of vocal fatigue. The purpose of this study is to utilize a body-system level cardiovascular training protocol in comparison to traditional voice production training to alleviate the symptoms of vocal fatigue.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04486989
- Run by
- East Tennessee State University
- People needed
- 31
- Starts
- 2020-02-04
- Expected to finish
- 2023-06-06
- Last updated by the study team
- 2023-11-18
Who can join
Age: 21 and older, up to 60. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Female teachers between the ages of 21-60 years Female instructors and college professors between the ages of 21-60 years
- A score of ≥ 15 on factor 1 of the VFI (tiredness and avoidance of voice use) or a score of ≤ 5 on factor 3 of the VFI (improvement of symptoms or lack thereof with rest)
- Sedentary- wherein participants will need to be completing mild intensity cardiovascular exercise less than 150 minutes in less than 5 days per week
You may not qualify if…
- Trained athletes
- Trained singers
- Smoking in the past 6months
- Prior history of a vocal fold pathology and current vocal fold pathology
Where it is running
- East Tennessee State University — Johnson City, Tennessee, United States
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