Diminished speech intelligibility associated with certain types of respirators worn by healthcare workers

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-70

  Radonovich Jr , Lewis J ^a   Yanke, Robert ^a   Cheng, Jing ^b   Bender, Bradley ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Infection control; Respirator; Speech intelligibility

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIR; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENVIRONMENT; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEARING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; SURGICAL MASK; UNITED STATES; VENTILATOR; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MASKS; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE, OCCUPATIONAL; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DEVICES; SPEECH DISCRIMINATION TESTS; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY;

EID: 71949087793     PISSN: 15459624     EISSN: 15459632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15459620903404803     Document Type: Article

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