Publications by authors named "Patricia Salvatierra"
Background: The aim of this study was to assess the effect on speech perception and lack of hearing devices gain with surgical masks worn in hearing aid users.
Methods: This prospective cohort study enrolled consecutive patients between November 2020 and February 2021 in a tertiary care medical center from Spain. Fifty-five subjects have been included, 10 as control group, with normal hearing, and 45 patients with sensory-neural hearing loss and hearing aid users, ranging in age between 31 and 83 years old, and were recruited randomized in 4 months.