An observational study in Speech Disorders and Voice Disorders, sponsored by Istanbul Medeniyet University. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-05-16.
Sponsored by Istanbul Medeniyet University · Observational
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 transmits through droplets; thus, oral, nasal, and conjunctival mucosas are related to contamination, and wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) is strongly suggested. Several communication problems between the patient and healthcare workers related to PPE use are reported. In this study, investigators aimed to investigate changes in the acoustic parameters of speech sounds when different PPE are used.
It was planned as a cross-sectional study enrolled 18 healthy male and female participants. After the informed consent, participants were asked to pronounce a [ɑː] vowel for at least 3 seconds for voice quality estimation. Afterward, all Turkish vowels were produced for a minimum of 200 ms. Finally, three Turkish fricative consonants ([f], [s], [ʃ]) were produced in consonant/vowel/consonant format and in different vowel contexts within a carrier sentence. Recordings were repeated for the following conditions: no PPE, surgical-mask, N99-mask, face shield, surgical-mask+faceshield, and N99+faceshield. All recordings were analyzed with proper statistical methods.
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Exclusion Criteria:
no mask use
surgical mask use
Device: mask use
N99 mask use
Device: mask use
face shield use
Device: mask use
surgical mask+ faceshield use
Device: mask use
N99 mask+ faceshield use
Device: mask use
face mask use
The change on voice acoustics due to different personal protective equipments use
speech material for six different conditions: no PPE,surgical mask,N99 mask,face shield,surgical mask+ face shield, N99+face shield were recorded with a microphone.Recordings were performed in a random order. Obtained speech records were segmented according to the speech material and saved. Each of the segmented files was analyzed using Praat software and related scripts. The voice quality parameters were estimated on sustained \[ɑː\] vowels via Praat software (Praat is an open source software which enables voice acoustics analysis). Mean values of the different formant frequencies and formant bandwidth frequency values at midpoints of the analyzed segments of the vowels were measured. Spectral moments of the consonants were measured. The formant and spectral moment were measured using Praat scripts. All outcome measurements are in Hertz (Hz), so all measurements are held in primary outcome 1 measure section.
Time frame: 1 months
Plan to share: No
Ran from Dec 2020 to primary completion in Jan 2021, 1 month.
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