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How is speech recognition affected by face masks? – News-Medical.Net
News-Medical speaks to Dr. Joe Toscano about his latest research that investigated the impact that face masks have on speech recognition.

News-Medical speaks to Dr. Joe Toscano from Villanova University about his latest research that investigated the impact that face masks have on speech recognition.
What provoked your research efforts into the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic?
Our research focuses on questions about speech perception and language processing more broadly.
We were interested in studying the effects of face masks, in particular, given the widespread use of masks to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and possible concerns…
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