Comparison of speech recognition performance with and without a face mask between a basic and a premium hearing aid in hearing-impaired listeners

Seol, Hye Yoon; Jo, Mini; Yun, Hae-Ran; Park, Jin Gyun; Byun, Hye Min; Moon, Il Joon

doi:10.1016/j.amjoto.2023.103929

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“…The hearing-impaired population indirectly encountered negative consequences on their hearing during the pandemic for two main reasons. First, face masks hide lip movements and decrease speech recognition, especially in higher frequencies; this becomes more apparent in levels of high background noise (Magee et al, 2020;Rahne et al, 2021;Toscano and Toscano, 2021;Seol et al, 2023). Second, social distancing led to increased physical distance between people, which reduces the signal-to-noise ratio of sound.…”

Section: Communication Impairments With Masksmentioning

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COVID-19 and hearing loss—A narrative review

Feng

Voruz

et al. 2023

Front. Audiol. Otol.

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Interest in hearing loss associated with COVID-19 has increased since the pandemic started. Early on during the spread of SARS-CoV-2 across the globe, reports of smell and taste disorders secondary to COVID-19 emerged, and to a lesser extent, reports of sensorineural hearing loss also surfaced. This raised questions regarding changes in the epidemiology of hearing loss and modifications to otologic practice that have evolved in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To elucidate these questions, we performed a comprehensive literature search, including articles up to November 2022, using “COVID hearing loss” in MEDLINE. A total of 153 articles were included for full-text review and data extraction. There are several proposed mechanisms through which COVID-19 may contribute to hearing loss—direct viral infection, microthrombi, or hemorrhage. There is a growing repository of case reports and series on SARS-CoV-2-associated sensorineural hearing loss, with variable quality. Most patients who experienced hearing loss did so within a month of infection, with most patients' symptoms resolving within 2 weeks. The growing body of literature discussing SARS-CoV-2-associated hearing loss does not suggest a significant rise in the occurrence of sensorineural or overall hearing loss. In this ongoing COVID-19 era, hearing loss should be approached in the same state-of-the-art manner as before the pandemic.

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Section: Communication Impairments With Masksmentioning

confidence: 99%

COVID-19 and hearing loss—A narrative review

Feng

Voruz

et al. 2023

Front. Audiol. Otol.

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“…Masks prevent seeing people's faces. Its mandatory use has had a negative impact on communication, empathy and closeness, more pronounced in some subgroups such as children [15], the elderly, patients with impaired speech, mental health disorders or cognitive impairment, and patients who do not speak Spanish as their first language or with hearing loss [16][17][18]. Smiles and facial stimuli are not seen, and are necessary for the relationship with patients.…”

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Advantages and disadvantages of maintaining the mandatory use of masks in health centers and nursing homes in Spain. How and when is it justified to maintain it?

Martínez‐Sellés¹,

Sánchez²,

Guillén³

et al. 2023

Rev Esp Quimioter

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We address the advantages and disadvantages of maintaining the mandatory use of masks in health centers and nursing homes in the current epidemiological situation in Spain and after the declaration of the World Health Organization on May 5, 2023 of the end of COVID-19 as public health emergency. We advocate for prudence and flexibility, respecting the individual decision to wear a mask and emphasizing the need for its use when symptoms suggestive of a respiratory infection appear, in situations of special vulnerability (such as immunosuppression), or when caring for patients with those infections. At present, given the observed low risk of severe COVID-19 and the low transmission of other respiratory infections, we believe that it is disproportionate to maintain the mandatory use of masks in a general way in health centers and nursing homes. However, this could change depending on the results of epidemiological surveillance and it would be necessary to reconsider returning to the obligation in periods with a high incidence of respiratory infections.

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Comparison of speech recognition performance with and without a face mask between a basic and a premium hearing aid in hearing-impaired listeners

Cited by 2 publications

References 32 publications

COVID-19 and hearing loss—A narrative review

COVID-19 and hearing loss—A narrative review

Advantages and disadvantages of maintaining the mandatory use of masks in health centers and nursing homes in Spain. How and when is it justified to maintain it?

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