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Cilt 8, Sayı 60  Ağustos 2019  (ISSN: 2146-9903, E-ISSN: 2147-3056)
Nurdan KIZILDELİ SALIK, Mehmet Yiğit ERSOYDAN

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1566538520 THE EXAMINING OF THE LEVEL OF THE ACADEMICIANS' AWARENESS IN TERMS OF THE RIGHT AND HEALTHY USAGE OF THEVOICE AND ITS EFFECT ON PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE

In this research, it has been studied to determine the level of awareness of the academicians in terms of the right and healthy usage of the voice and its effect on professional performance. The study is a quantitative research and adhered to the descriptive scanning model. The research data have been obtained by using the questionnaire form which has been prepared by taking experts' opinions by the researchers. The questionnaire consists of two parts; in the first part, there are demographic questions and in the second part, there are questionnaire items which have been prepared to answer the sub-problems. A total of 38 items are included in the data collection tool. The positive (and negative) answers have been arranged as "I agree...(3) or "I do not agree(1) in the questionnaire form which has been prepared in triple likert type. The research universe consists of academicians who have been actively teaching at universities. In this context, a total of 383 academicians who have been actively teaching at four universities have formed the working group. To analyze the obtained data, the SPSS 24.0 (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) statistical analysis program was used. For the obtained data analysis, the average of the distributions of items that have been related to the right and healthy usage of the voice and its effect on professional performance was taken; one-factor variance analysis(One-Way ANOVA) and Independent Samples tests have also been performed for each sex, age, and seniority variables. According to the findings, it has been reached out that the levels of awareness of academicians about the right and healthy usage of the voice and its effect on professional performance, there is not a meaningful difference according to the gender variable; according to the age variable, the awareness of the academicians who are 61 years old or older is higher in terms of the right and healthy usage of the voice and its effect on professional performance; according to seniority variable, the academicians who are at the 21-30 years of service have a higher awareness level of the right and healthy usage of the voice than those who are over 41 years of service.

Keywords: Academician, Awareness, voice health, Professional Performance, voice