Emirati Teachers' Perceptions of Voice Handicap.

Objectives: The purpose of the study was to explore Emirati teachers' perceptions of voice handicap and to analyze their acoustic characteristics to determine whether acoustic measures of teachers' voice would verify their perceptions of voice handicap.

Methods: Sixty-six Emirati school teachers (33 men and 33 women), with different years of teaching experience and age, and 100 control participants (50 men and 50 women) underwent vocal assessment that included the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-Arab) and acoustic measures (F0, jitter%, shimmer%, signal to noise ratio [SNR]).

Results: Significant differences between the teachers' group scores and the control group scores on the following subscales of VHI-Arab: physical (P = 0.