Muffling of healthcare: Assessing the impact of personal protective equipment on speaking volume in an Endoscopy Centre
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DOI: 10.1111/den.13774
Abstract: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is crucial in the COVID-19 epidemic[1] but muffle speech, with potential for medical error. While wearing Powered Air-Purifying Respirator (PAPR) adds 76 Db of background noise to the user[2], objectively quantifying… read more here.
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