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Effects of wearing surgical and N95 masks in the operating room situations on speech intelligibility against phrases which are easily mistake

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Healthy volunteer
Registration Number
JPRN-UMIN000050737
Lead Sponsor
Fukushima Medical university
Brief Summary

Twenty-eight volunteers were recruited. Regarding speech intelligibility against explicit sentences between a surgical mask and an N95, speech intelligibility with an N95 was significantly lower with a surgical mask only during noise exposure with 60 dB.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
28
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

dysacusis

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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