Perfil dos sinais e sintomas vocais e laríngeos em professores de metodologia ativa de ensino

Abstract

Introduction: The teacher, using the voice as a working instrument, is more leaning to have voice disorders. There are several factors that can influence the vocal changes on teachers, can be mentioned: double work day, stressful environment, noisy or with unfavorable acoustics. Objective: Describe the signs and symptoms of vocal and laryngeal fatigue in active methodology teachers. Method: The study in question was carried out at the Federal University of Sergipe at the health campus of the city of Lagarto, between June 2018 and March 2019, analyzing the voice of teachers who adept the active methodology by the method of Problem Based Learning. Results: In the individual analysis of the 15 participants, 9 (60%) presented normal self-rated Total Vocal Fatigue Scale, 4 (26.67%) had mild reference values and 2 (13.33%), moderate levels. No participant was close to the severe grade value. The mean value attributed to the Voice Disorder Screening Index (VDSI) was 3.06. Regarding the individual VDSI, 11 teachers (73.33%) had VDSI negative and 4 (26.67%) had positive. Conclusion: The main symptoms of complaint and vocal fatigue in active methodology teachers are fatigue when speaking, dry throat, hoarseness and voice failure.