BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the combination surgicalmask+N95 mask+face shield in operating room on speech perception and listening effortduring the COVID-19 process.METHODS: The experimental part of the study was carried out in three phases. Thirty-fiveparticipants who were found to have normal hearing in Phase I were included in Phase IIand Phase III. Speech stimuli were given with a surgical mask in phase II, and acombination of surgical mask+N95 mask+face shield in phase III. The tests performed infree field, in the presence of 60 dB wideband background noise. In the descriptive partof the study, the listening effort of 184 operating room professionals was examined witha 17-item questionnaire.
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Inclusion Criteria:
- Inclusion Criteria:
- Operating room nurses and technicians whose medical history was not a vestibular
disease and ear surgery, who were shown to have normal hearing (NH) by hearing
tests.
Exclusion Criteria:
- presence of hearing and vestibular loss
Biruni University
Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)
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