Addressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone

ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the use of a laryngophone to aid in verbal communication when wearing elastomeric respirator masks. Methods: Design: Instrumentation Innovation Setting: Tertiary Private Training Hospital Participants: Five volunteers using elastomeric respirator masks...

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Autores principales:	Laine Valerie Kongsun Ching, Philip Lance Anthony Liu
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Publicado:	Philippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc. 2021
Materias:	laryngophone communication COVID-19 pandemic microphone speaker Otorhinolaryngology RF1-547
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/a07de242294c4278b11bf585549c5a66
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a07de242294c4278b11bf585549c5a662021-11-15T21:14:39ZAddressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone1908-48892094-1501https://doaj.org/article/a07de242294c4278b11bf585549c5a662021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://pjohns.pso-hns.org/index.php/pjohns/article/view/1811https://doaj.org/toc/1908-4889https://doaj.org/toc/2094-1501 ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the use of a laryngophone to aid in verbal communication when wearing elastomeric respirator masks. Methods: Design: Instrumentation Innovation Setting: Tertiary Private Training Hospital Participants: Five volunteers using elastomeric respirator masks rated laryngophone use, afterwhich they individually rated an additional volunteer on speech intelligibility before and after laryngophone use. Results: On a scale of 1-10, the average score of the five volunteers for the laryngophone was 8.8 for ease of use, 8.0 for comfort, and 8.0 for ease of communication. Their average speech intelligibility score for the additional volunteer using the respirator mask alone was 2.0, and for use of the respirator mask with laryngophone was 3.6 on a scale of 1-4. Conclusion: This portable laryngophone speaker may be useful in aiding otolaryngologists and health care providers using elastomeric respirator masks in verbal communication by amplifying speech without needing an external microphone, preventing vocal strain. Laine Valerie Kongsun ChingPhilip Lance Anthony LiuPhilippine Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Inc.articlelaryngophonecommunicationCOVID-19pandemicmicrophonespeakerOtorhinolaryngologyRF1-547ENPhilippine Journal of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Vol 36, Iss 2 (2021)
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spellingShingle	laryngophone communication COVID-19 pandemic microphone speaker Otorhinolaryngology RF1-547 Laine Valerie Kongsun Ching Philip Lance Anthony Liu Addressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone
description	ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the use of a laryngophone to aid in verbal communication when wearing elastomeric respirator masks. Methods: Design: Instrumentation Innovation Setting: Tertiary Private Training Hospital Participants: Five volunteers using elastomeric respirator masks rated laryngophone use, afterwhich they individually rated an additional volunteer on speech intelligibility before and after laryngophone use. Results: On a scale of 1-10, the average score of the five volunteers for the laryngophone was 8.8 for ease of use, 8.0 for comfort, and 8.0 for ease of communication. Their average speech intelligibility score for the additional volunteer using the respirator mask alone was 2.0, and for use of the respirator mask with laryngophone was 3.6 on a scale of 1-4. Conclusion: This portable laryngophone speaker may be useful in aiding otolaryngologists and health care providers using elastomeric respirator masks in verbal communication by amplifying speech without needing an external microphone, preventing vocal strain.
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title	Addressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone
title_short	Addressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone
title_full	Addressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone
title_fullStr	Addressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone
title_full_unstemmed	Addressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone
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Addressing Difficulty in Communication While Wearing a Respirator Mask During the COVID-19 Pandemic by Using a Laryngophone

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