How great is the negative impact of masking and social distancing and how can we enhance communication skills in the elderly people?
COVID-19
Communication
Elderly
Face masks
Hearing aids
Hearing loss
Journal
Aging clinical and experimental research
ISSN: 1720-8319
Titre abrégé: Aging Clin Exp Res
Pays: Germany
ID NLM: 101132995
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
received:
12
02
2021
accepted:
04
03
2021
pubmed:
17
3
2021
medline:
1
5
2021
entrez:
16
3
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
During COVID-19 pandemic, protective measures such as social distancing and face masks posed a challenge in daily communication, in this context the elderly are one of the most at risk categories as widely exposed to hearing loss. This article focuses on how the COVID-19 pandemic affected verbal communication, especially on those people that even in normal conditions present an increased difficulty in speech perception. Special attention has been paid to hearing aids and cochlear implant users, these devices indeed can be affected by a speech intelligibility reduction and could be uncomfortable if used together with face masks. Possible alternatives and solutions will be proposed to reduce the negative impacts of face coverings on communication, to enhance speech intelligibility and to manage wearability of hearing rehabilitation devices.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33725340
doi: 10.1007/s40520-021-01830-1
pii: 10.1007/s40520-021-01830-1
pmc: PMC7962629
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
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