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Published in Clinical Dentistry

Journal Scan / Research · July 25, 2021

N95 Masks May Interfere With Hearing and Patient Communication

PloS One

 

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PloS One
Influence of Surgical and N95 Face Masks on Speech Perception and Listening Effort in Noise
PLoS ONE 2021 Jul 01;[EPub Ahead of Print], T Rahne, L Fröhlich, S Plontke, L Wagner

From MEDLINE®/PubMed®, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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