Vocal Symptoms in Brazilian Professors: Self-Perception and Relationship Factors.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate the self-perception of vocal symptoms and relationship factors in Brazilian academic teacher.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study. The study sample consisted of 235 Brazilian academic teachers, of whom 103 were men and 132 women, aged between 26 and 67 years, and employed at 39 institutions.

Vocal fatigue in professors at the beginning and end of the school year.

Purpose: To characterize and to compare the perception of vocal fatigue in professors at the beginning and at the end of the school year.

Methods: Observational, analytical, prospective cohort study was carried out. A total of 115 professors participated with a mean age of 40 years old, 71 women and 44 men, employees of 28 higher education institutions in the south and southeast regions of Brazil.