Factors Shaping Occupational Injustice among Resettled Syrian Refugees in the United States.

Background: There have been a limited number of studies that have focused on factors which shape the experiences of resettlement and occupational injustice among refugee populations.

Purpose: To explore the factors that shape the living difficulties of Syrian refugees who were lawfully admitted into the United States and ways whereby they might interfere with shaping occupational injustice.

Method: Mixed methodologies were incorporated.

Exploration of Occupational Deprivation Among Syrian Refugees Displaced in Jordan.

Importance: Research is needed to situate occupational deprivation (OD) within each unique refugee population and displacement context.

Objective: To explore the way refugees manage their day-to-day lives within the limits of displacement contexts in Jordan.

Design: A grounded theorizing approach was used.

Validation of the Arabic version of vocal tract discomfort scale.

To explore the internal consistency, criterion validity, and discriminative validity of the Arabic version of the vocal tract discomfort scale (VTDS-Arab); and to establish cut-off scores for the VTDS-Arab. An overall of 202 participants (31 patients with voice disorders of organic and functional causes, and 171 healthy subjects, mean age 25.3 ± 6.

Awareness and Knowledge about Occupational Therapy in Jordan.

Knowledge and awareness about occupational therapy (OT) are essential for the delivery of quality care to all clients and for occupational therapists' (OTRs) job satisfaction. OT has been a poorly understood profession in Jordan. The current study reports on the assessment of Jordanians' awareness and knowledge of occupational therapy.

A study of VHI scores and acoustic features in street vendors as occupational voice users.

Purpose: to investigate acoustic features of phonation and perception of voice handicap in street vendors.

Methods: Eighty-eight participants (44 street vendors, 44 controls) were recruited. The mean age of the group was 38.

Applicability of the Arabic version of Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale (VTDS) with student singers as professional voice users.

Aim: This pilot study aimed to evaluate the internal consistency, convergent construct validity and criterion validity of Arabic version of the Vocal Tract Discomfort Scale (VTDS), and to investigate the correlation between the scores of the VTDS, the VHI and the acoustic measures of fundamental frequency (F0), shimmer, jitter and signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).

Methodology: A cross-sectional study where 97 participants participated (47 males and 50 females) (mean age 20.5 ± 2.

Kuwaiti Teachers' Perceptions of Voice Handicap.

Objectives: The study aimed to investigate the effects of age, gender, level of education, experience, and class level taught on the perception of voice handicap by Kuwaiti teachers using the Arabic version of the Voice Handicap Index (VHI-Arab). The mean VHI scores of Kuwaiti teachers were compared with those of Jordanian and Emirati teachers.

Methods: The study had a cross-sectional survey design.