Construction of Half Masks for the Respiratory Tract Protection and the Speech Intelligibility Assessed from the Measured Suppression of Sound
Half masks (a.k.a. filtering facepieces, FFP) are personal protective equipment against dust in a work environment. Their filtration efficiency is legally regulated. Occupational safety and health services have not paid enough attention to speech disruption caused by FFPs, even though the latter cou...
Main Authors: | Krzysztof Nowacki, Wojciech Marczak, Karolina Łakomy, László Almásy |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2023-07-01
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Series: | Applied Sciences |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/13/15/8644 |
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