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June 27, 2001

 

Voice Conservation

A Practical Approach for the Classroom Teacher

By Susan Rivers and Barbara Preisman, MS, MA, CCC-SLP

 

“Teachers—probably more than most professionals—run the risk of abusing their voices.  Daily activities require talking for long periods, straining to talk over classroom noise, trying to project so every child can hear, and unfortunately, shouting periodically as a disciplinary or attention-getting technique.

 

To further aggravate the vocal mechanism, teachers typically use their voice in a dry environment  that is often filled with irritating chalk dust…..”

 

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