Prevalence of teacher's voice symptoms in municipal network education in Campo Grande - MS

Abstract: PURPOSE: to describe the epidemiological overview of the teacher's voice at Municipal Network Teaching in Campo Grande / MS, checking the prevalence of voice problems in this population. METHODS: this is a cross-sectional, descriptive and quantitative study. Among the 4,957 registered teachers in Semed / 2013, 394 participated. All seven urban areas of the municipality (Prosa, Bandeira, Anhanduizinho, Lagoa, Segredo, Centro, Imbirussu) were sampled. To collect the data we used the adapted protocol Ferreira et al., using as the measuring method the Likert scale. RESULTS: high prevalence of vocal symptoms. Teachers had multiple symptoms related to the use of voice at work and realized the adverse effects on their professional performance. CONCLUSION: the seriousness of the teacher's voice problems experienced in daily speech therapy services and the Municipal Education Network was revealed in significant numbers in this research.