Impact of face masks in public spaces during COVID-19 pandemic on daily life communication of cochlear implant users.

ABSTRACT:

Objective/hypothesis

Investigate potential problems in the daily life communication of cochlear implant (CI) patients due to the widespread use of face masks in public places during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Study design

Prospective survey study.

Methods

This study used an online questionnaire about the effects of face masks on daily life communication of adult CI users. The questionnaire consists of three parts: (a) A face mask questionnaire, (b) loneliness question (c) three subdomains of the Nijmegen Cochlear Implant Questionnaire to assess quality of life. The questionnaires were send out on October 20, 2020. Four hundred and seven adult CI users were invited to participate in the study. The survey inclusion was closed on November 5, 2020. The study setting was the R

SUBMITTER: Homans NC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8223455 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature