Communication Barriers, Operating Rooms, Protective Devices, Speech Perception
Conditions
Keywords
COVID-19, Listening effort, Speech perception, Personal protective equipment
Brief summary
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of the combination surgical mask+N95 mask+face shield in operating room on speech perception and listening effort during the COVID-19 process. METHODS: The experimental part of the study was carried out in three phases. Thirty-five participants who were found to have normal hearing in Phase I were included in Phase II and Phase III. Speech stimuli were given with a surgical mask in phase II, and a combination of surgical mask+N95 mask+face shield in phase III. The tests performed in free field, in the presence of 60 dB wideband background noise. In the descriptive part of the study, the listening effort of 184 operating room professionals was examined with a 17-item questionnaire.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Ondokuz Mayıs University
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 55 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
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
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in speech perception score under operating room PPE conditions | November 2021 | Speech perception was assessed using a standardized speech perception test while participants were wearing operating room personal protective equipment. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed