Current
Research
Did you
know?
"Workers who constantly use their voices all day long, like those in call centers, can develop MSD's (Musculo-skeletal diseases and disorders) of the throat and larynx from repetitive use of those muscles."
Danny Sullivan, Industrial Hygiene Consultant Supervisor, NC Dept. of Labor, 2000
Ergonomic injuries affect 1.8 million Americans at a cost of at least $50 billion annually.
OSHA
The NIH (National Institute of Health) awarded a grant of $1.7 million for "Research Toward Occupational Safety in Vocalization."
2001
"30.7% of telemarketers reported that their work was affected by symptoms (voice problems)...57% wanted vocal hygiene education."
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Voice Problems among Telemarketers, Ogren, MD et. al.,
Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, August 2001
Currently, MSD's account for $1 of every $3 spent on
Workers Compensation.
OSHA
"Teachers are vulnerable to developing voice problems due to their specific occupational demands during teaching"
Impact and prevention of voice problems in the teaching profession: embracing the consumers' view, YUI EM, et al., Journal of Voice, 2002 June.
"Telemarketers have a higher prevalence of voice problems than the control group. These problems affect productivity and are associated with modifiable risk factors."
Prevalence and risk factors for voice problems among telemarketers., Jones K, et al, Archives of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, 2002
May
"Professional voice users include not only singers and actors, but also clergy, teachers, receptionists, sales personnel, physicians, and anyone else whose ability to earn a living is impacted negatively by loss of vocal quality and endurance."
Professional voice users: the evaluation of voice disorders., Sataloff TR. et al., Occupational Medicine, 2001 Oct-Dec.
"Dysphonia can affect social life and employment."
The quality of life impact of dysphonia., Wilson JA, et al., Clinical Otolaryngology, 2002 June.
For problems pertaining to the voice, contact voice professionals
such as an ENT physician (Ear Nose and Throat) and Licensed Speech Pathologist.
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Voice
ergonomics® Links of Interest
AAA American Academy of Audiology
www.audiology.org/consumer
AAPD American Association of People
with Disabilities
www.aapd.com
Attention Deficit Disorders Association
www.add.org
Adult ADHD Self-Report scale online
www.adultadd.com
AFA Stuttering Foundation of America
www.stuttersfa.org/default.htm
ATA American Tinnitus Association
www.ata.org/
ASHA American Speech-Language-
Hearing Association
www.asha.org
ASTD Piedmont Chapter
www.greensboro.com/astd/
CDC Center for Disease Control
www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html
CorSPAN Corporate Speech Pathology Network
www.corspan.org/
Hubble Telescope
http://hubblesite.org/
Meridian- Webster
www.startsampling.com/sm/wod/register.iphtml
NASA
http://nasa.gov
NAWBO
www.nawbo-triad.org/ggp.cfm
NCDOL NC Department of Labor www.dol.state.nc.us
NLM National Library of Medicine (NLM)
www.nlm.nih.gov/
NCSHLA NC Speech-Hearing-Language Association
www.ncshla.org
NHCA National Hearing Conservation Association
www.hearingconservation.org/
NIDCD National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/
NIH The National Institutes of Health http://health.nih.gov/
NIOSH National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health
www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/
NSA National Stuttering Association
www.nsastutter.org/
OSHA
www.osha.gov
SFA Stuttering Foundation of America www.stuttersfa.org
US Census Bureau
www.census.gov
Virtual Hospital
www.vh.org/index.html
WCHH World Council on Hearing Health
www.wchh.com/
