Multisensory effects of mask wearing on speech intelligibility and the benefit of multilingualism

ABSTRACT Purpose Due to the pandemic of the Covid-19 disease, it became common to wear masks on some public spaces. By covering mouth and nose, visual-related speech cues are greatly reduced, while the auditory signal is both distorted and attenuated. The present study aimed to analyze the multisen...

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Main Authors: Filipa Ponte, Filipa Melo, Inês Duarte, Catarina Mendonça
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Fonoaudiologia 2023-09-01
Series:CoDAS
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2317-17822024000100301&lng=en&tlng=en