Unmasking the Difficulty of Listening to Talkers With Masks: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

Interactions with talkers wearing face masks have become part of our daily routine since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using an on-line experiment resembling a video conference, we examined the impact of face masks on speech comprehension. Typical-hearing listeners performed a speech-in-no...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Elena Giovanelli, Chiara Valzolgher, Elena Gessa, Michela Todeschini, Francesco Pavani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-03-01
Series:i-Perception
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2041669521998393