ArticleAcoustics Australia2022
The Influence of Face Masks on Verbal Communication in Persian in the Presence of Background Noise in Healthcare Staff.
Article in Acoustics Australia, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06053502 (The Filtering Facepiece Respirator Increases Inspiratory Time, But Does Not Change the Involvement of Breathing Compartments), which is not on this map. Cited by 7 papers.
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The Filtering Facepiece Respirator Increases Inspiratory Time, But Does Not Change the Involvement of Breathing Compartments
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Respiratory pattern change in female and male runners by respiratory tract restriction using a respirator.PloS one · 2026Trial
- Effect of medical mask on voice in patients with dysphonia.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2025Article
- Effects of Distance, Noise, and Personal Respiratory Protective Equipment on Speech Comprehension in Simulated Critical Care Setting.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Experiences and Impact of Face Masks Use on Patient Communication Among Portuguese Nursing Students During Clinical Practice in Hospital Setting: A Qualitative Descriptive Study.Journal of nursing management · 2025Article
- Development and testing of a questionnaire on the expectations and experiences with wearing face masks in inpatient and day hospitals.PloS one · 2024Article
- Prevalence of voice handicap among nurses in intensive care units due to occupational noise during pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Effect of wearing personal protective equipment on acoustic characteristics and speech perception during COVID-19.Applied acoustics. Acoustique applique. Angewandte Akustik · 2022Article
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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Wearing face masks has resulted in verbal communication being more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study aimed to investigate the effect of face masks on the speech comprehensibility of Persian nurses in healthcare settings. Twenty female nurses from the governmental hospitals randomly participated in an experiment on seven typical commercial face masks at two background noise levels. Nurses' speech intelligibility from a human talker when wearing each face mask was determined based on the speech discrimination score. The vocal effort of nurses wearing each face mask was determined based on the Borg CR10 scale. Based on the linear mixed model, the speech intelligibility of nurses from a human speaker wearing surgical masks, N95 masks, and a shield with face masks were approximately 10%, 20%, and 40-50% lower, respectively, than no-mask conditions (
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