Speech understanding using surgical masks: A problem in health care?

Journal of the American Academy of Audiology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 686-695

  Mendel, Lisa Lucks ^a   Gardino, Julie A ^a   Atcherson, Samuel R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Background noise; Speech perception; Surgical masks

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE; HEARING ACUITY; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SURGICAL MASK;

ADULT; AGED; AUDIOMETRY, PURE-TONE; COMMUNICATION; DENTAL OFFICES; DENTIST-PATIENT RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TOOTH DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349094168     PISSN: 10500545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3766/jaaa.19.9.4     Document Type: Article

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