Table 5.

Teachers with high complaints of vocal fatigue.

High VF group N = 131
Scale 1	Rho = 0.907	HT = 0.381	Qualified
Question	Mean	H T	Original VFI factor
14. My voice feels sore when I talk more	1.389	0.65	2
15. My throat aches with voice use	1.122	0.67	2
13. I experience throat pain at the end of the day with voice use	1.100	0.67	2
18. The effort to produce my voice decreases with rest	0.916	0.59	3
16. I experience discomfort in my neck with voice use	0.733	0.59	2
12. I experience pain in the neck at the end of the day with voice use	0.695	0.58	2
17. My voice feels better after I have rested	0.405	0.51	3
19. The hoarseness of my voice gets better with rest	0.374	0.44	3
Scale 2	Rho = .784	HT = 0.087	Did Not Qualify due to low HT
Question	Mean	H T	Original VFI factor
4. My voice gets hoarse with voice use	2.901	0.46	1
11. My voice feels weak after a period of voice use	2.710	0.51	1
10. I find it difficult to project my voice with voice use	2.603	0.51	1
9. It is effortful to produce my voice after a period of voice use	2.580	0.51	1
5. It feels like work to use my voice	2.573	0.40	1
Scale 3	Rho = 0.907	HT = 0.328	Qualified
Question	Mean	H T	Original VFI factor
6. I tend to generally limit my talking after a period of voice use	2.565	0.38	1
8. I feel I cannot talk to my family after a workday	2.031	0.41	1
7. I avoid social situations when I know I have to talk more	1.962	0.45	1
Items disqualified from scaling			Original VFI factor
Question
1. I don’t feel like talking after a period of voice use			1
2. My voice feels tired when I talk more			1
3. I experience increased sense of effort with talking			1