The effect of hearing protection devices on speech intelligibility of Persian employees

Abstract Objective This study aimed to investigate the effect of hearing protection devices (HPDs) on speech intelligibility in Persian work environments. Three current earmuffs and three earplugs and one of the prototypes of molded earplug were tested on 15 male subjects which were randomly selecte...

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Main Authors: Mina Karami, Mohsen Aliabadi, Rostam Golmohammadi, Morteza Hamidi Nahrani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05374-x