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Influence of surgical and N95 face masks on speech perception and listening effort in noise

Daily-life conversation relies on speech perception in quiet and noise. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, face masks have become mandatory in many situations. Acoustic attenuation of sound pressure by the mask tissue reduces speech perception ability, especially in noisy situations. Masks also can i...

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Autores principales: Rahne, Torsten, Fröhlich, Laura, Plontke, Stefan, Wagner, Luise
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8248731/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34197513
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253874