Turzyński Dominik, Sulikowski Piotr. Comparison of teachers’ and vocalists’ awareness of voice functioning, voice emission therapy and physiotherapy. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(9):372-377. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3402556 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/7412 The journal has had 5 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. § 8. 2) and § 12. 1. 2) 22.02.2019. © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 25.08.2019. Revised: 30.08.2019. Accepted: 09.09.2019. Comparison of teachers’ and vocalists’ awareness of voice functioning, voice emission therapy and physiotherapy Dominik Turzyński1, Piotr Sulikowski2 1 Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin 2 Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology, West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin Corresponding author: Dominik Turzyński, e-mail: turzynski.d@edu.pum.edu.pl Abstract Introduction Voice seems to us inalienable, although the lack of proper voice hygiene can result in that we may be excluded from professional activity for a long time or even completely. Therefore, it was decided to check voice functioning awareness of people who professionally speak or sing. Material and methods The research was based on a survey on a sample of 135 people from the target group. The form consisted of 28 items, including detailed questions about the type and degree of occupational exposure to voice effort, as well as the level of physical activity, occurrence of possible disorders, addiction to stimulants such as cigarettes or alcohol, and questions regarding participation in classes of correct voice emission, awareness of the existence of physiotherapeutic assistance in the field of voice rehabilitation and many others. Results The results presented and discussed in detail include the analysis of answers to questions posed in the survey, as well as the results of the Voice Handicap Index test in the group of teachers and vocalists. Conclusions Significant differences in awareness of voice functioning between teachers and vocalists were noticed. It can be stated that among teachers the deteriorating voice correlates with the increase in age. On the other hand, among vocalists, the level of perceived voice fatigue remains relatively constant while aging. Teachers who participated in the study show significantly less awareness of the principles of proper voice emission and hygiene than vocalists, as demonstrated by the Voice Handicap Index. Key words: voice, disorder, VHI, voice emission, teachers, vocalists, physiotherapy, rehabilitation