Observations highlight the need for mandatory vocational training to address voice disorders in early childhood educators.
More than half of the subjectively vocally healthy early childhood educators had a conspicuous DSI. There is an urgent need to prevent occupational voice disorders. Speech and voice training should be integrated as a mandatory component of vocational training to prepare the voices of early childhood educators for a language and voice-intensive profession. This can prevent voice problems and voice disorders, retain early childhood educators in the profession, and avoid premature retirement due to voice disorders.
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