The effects of face mask use during covid-19 on speech comprehension in geriatric patients with hearing loss who use lip-reading for communication: A prospective cross …
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Prof. Dr. Yakup BUDAK Tokat Gaziosmanpaşa Üniversitesi, Türkiye
| Makale Türü | Özgün Makale (Uluslararası alan indekslerindeki dergilerde yayınlanan tam makale) | ||
| Dergi Adı | Turk Geriatri Dergisi | ||
| Makale Dili | – | Basım Tarihi | 01-2022 |
| Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa | 25 / 2 / – | DOI | – |
| Makale Linki | https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bilal-Sizer/publication/362319210_THE_EFFECTS_OF_FACE_MASK_USE_DURING_COVID-19_ON_SPEECH_COMPREHENSION_IN_GERIATRIC_PATIENTS_WITH_HEARING_LOSS_WHO_USE_LIP-READING_FOR_COMMUNICATION_A_PROSPECTIVE_CROSS-SECTIONAL_ST | ||
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| Objective: Communication difficulties are considered the most significant consequence of hearing loss. This study aimed to determine whether surgical face masks, which have been mandatory throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, have an effect on speech comprehension scores in geriatric lip-reading patients with hearing loss and to raise awareness of the need for solutions to this problem.Materials and Method: Patients with moderate and higher sensorineural or mixed bilateral symmetrical hearing loss who stated that they lip-read to better understand during communication were included in the study. The patients’ speech comprehension scores were gathered while the audiologist wore a surgical mask and then a transparent mask, respectively.Results: Twelve (33, 3%) of the patients were female, and 24 (66.7%) were male. The mean age of the patients was 66.64±1.53 years. The mean speech comprehension scores of the patients when the audiologist was wearing a surgical mask (38.25±14.33) and a transparent mask (67.81±14.30), respectively, were compared. The surgical mask significantly affected speech comprehension scores, and the Cohen d value of the effect size was 2.06. As such, the surgical face mask had a great effect on these patients’ speech comprehension scores.Conclusions: In elderly lip-reading patients who suffer from hearing loss, seeing the lip movements of the speaker, especially in hospital applications, promotes more effective communication. Transparent face masks can be considered a solution. |
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