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 STUDY

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dc.contributor.authorSizer, Bilal
dc.contributor.authorDemir, Songul
dc.contributor.authorYilmaz, Umit
dc.contributor.authorYeniceli, Nurelis
dc.contributor.authorBudak, Yakup
dc.contributor.authorYorgancilar, Argun Ediz
dc.contributor.authorTopcu, Ismail
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:20:24Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:20:24Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: 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.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.31086/tjgeri.2022.285
dc.identifier.endpage281en_US
dc.identifier.issn1304-2947
dc.identifier.issn1307-9948
dc.identifier.issue2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage274en_US
dc.identifier.trdizinid1169775
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.31086/tjgeri.2022.285
dc.identifier.urihttps://search.trdizin.gov.tr/yayin/detay/1169775
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/19027
dc.identifier.volume25en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000853681400003
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakTR-Dizin
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGunes Kitabevi Ltd Stien_US
dc.relation.ispartofTurkish Journal of Geriatrics-Turk Geriatri Dergisi
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectCovid-19en_US
dc.subjectGeriatricsen_US
dc.subjectPandemicsen_US
dc.subjectMasksen_US
dc.subjectHearing Lossen_US
dc.subjectLipreadingen_US
dc.titleTHE 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 STUDYen_US
dc.titleTHE 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 STUDY
dc.typeArticleen_US

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