Effect of Face Mask on Speech Communication during COVID-19

Shashish Ghimire

doi:10.1055/s-0043-1761408

Annals of Otology and Neurotology, Table of Contents

CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Annals of Otology and Neurotology 2022; 05(02): 086-087
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-1761408

Letter to the Editor

Effect of Face Mask on Speech Communication during COVID-19

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Shashish Ghimire

¹Department of Audiology, All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore, Karnataka, India

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