Vocal Health of Employees in Early Childhood Education

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.