Mapping the Landscape of Voice Complaints among Teachers: A Bibliometric Investigation.
Adrián Castillo-Allendes, Lady Catherine Cantor-Cutiva, Eric J Hunter
PMID 37648623WHAT IT FOUND
Research on teacher voice complaints has tripled since 2000, with Brazil and the USA producing nearly half of all papers.
Studies focus on vocal demand, health promotion, and the Voice Handicap Index. This maps existing knowledge rather than testing treatments.
Key findings
01The number of publications on teacher voice complaints in the second decade (2011-2021) was approximately three times higher than in the first decade (2000-2010), with 120 versus 38 articles respectively.
02Brazil and the United States accounted for the highest number of publications, representing 24.84% and 12.10% of the total respectively.
03The keyword analysis identified six clusters, with the largest cluster linking teachers to vocal demand responses such as vocal fatigue, stress, and the Voice Handicap Index.
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What it does not show
The search was limited to English-language articles, potentially excluding significant research from Spanish, Portuguese, or Swedish-speaking countries. The search was conducted in April 2021, so it does not include any research published in the last four years. The study excluded experimental and intervention trials, meaning it cannot tell you what treatments work for teacher voice disorders. Only two search criteria were used, which may have missed articles indexed under different terms or in non-English journals.
Declared interests
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
The easy way to misread this
Do not read this as evidence for a specific treatment. This paper analyzes the literature on teacher voice complaints, not patient outcomes. It tells you where research is being published and what topics are popular, but it does not show that any intervention works.
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