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The acoustic effects of medical, cloth, and transparent face masks on speech signals

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Face masks make it harder to hear, but amplification can help

This interesting post from the United States can be read here:

The post describes a recent paper “ in The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. This work was also discussed in  and presented at the Ìý³¾±ð±ð³Ù¾±²Ô²µ.

Please note: Peter Keen, a frequent contributor to 91ԭƬ magazines and the profession enters this caveat: “Some interesting stuff for lay people. I would disagree with his statement that you should ‘speak up’ to compensate for the loss of higher frequency speech sounds. Talking louder only increases the lower frequencies, not the higher ones.”