Conference_programme: 18.2 - Noise in children facilities

Lecture: On teachers’ voice, voice care and the impact of noise and voice on children’s performance

Author(s): Lyberg-Åhlander Viveka, Von Lochow Heike, Karjalainen Suvi, Brännström Jonas, Sahlén Birgitta

Summary:
The spoken word is the major means of communication in the classroom. The teaching profession is acknowledged as an occupation with high vocal demands and a heavy voice load. The classroom is a shared work-environment for teachers and children. Back-ground noice and adverse room acoustics have been shown to affect both teacher’s voice and listerners’ memory. The child’s perception of the speaker’s voice-quality and the possible consequences for comprehension and learning has however, been scarsely researched. The presentation will cover reports from a larger, ongoing project about the impact of teachers’ voices on hearing and hearing impaired children’s performance on language comprehension tests and, also of their attitudes towards typical and hoarse voices. Further, based on the FUEL model (Picora Fuller et al., 2016) a newly started intervention study will be presented; targeting development of training modules for teacher education. The aim is to train voice and communication and understanding of the sound environment and thus to increase awareness of the impact of these aspects on children’s learning.\n

Corresponding author

Name: Dr Viveka Lyberg-Åhlander

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Country: Sweden