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Speech perception in noise was measured under no mask\u2013auditory-only (no-mask\u2013AO), no mask\u2013auditory\u2013visual (no-mask\u2013AV), and mask\u2013AV conditions at five signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs; \u221216, \u221212, \u22128, \u22124, 0 dB) using five lists of 25 monosyllabic Korean words. Video clips that included a female speaker\u2019s face and sound or the sound only were presented through a monitor and a loudspeaker located 1 m in front of the listener in a sound-attenuating booth. The degree of deterioration in speech perception caused by the mask (no-mask\u2013AV minus mask\u2013AV) was significantly greater for hearing-impaired vs. normal-hearing participants only at 0 dB SNR (Bonferroni\u2019s corrected <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). When the effects of a mask on speech perception, with and without hearing aids, were compared in the hearing-impaired group, the degree of deterioration in speech perception caused by the mask was significantly reduced by the hearing aids compared with that without hearing aids at 0 and \u22124 dB SNR (Bonferroni\u2019s corrected <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). The improvement conferred by hearing aids (unaided speech perception score minus aided speech perception score) was significantly greater at 0 and \u22124 dB SNR than at \u221216 dB SNR in the mask\u2013AV group (Bonferroni\u2019s corrected <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.01). These results demonstrate that hearing aids still improve speech perception when the speaker is masked, and that hearing aids partly offset the effect of a mask at relatively low noise levels.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fnins.2022.1036767","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,1]],"date-time":"2022-12-01T19:15:17Z","timestamp":1669922117000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Effect of face masks on speech perception in noise of individuals with hearing aids"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Jung Ho","family":"Choi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hyo Jung","family":"Choi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Dong Hyun","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ji Hye","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yong-Hwi","family":"An","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Hyun Joon","family":"Shim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1","DOI":"10.1080\/14992027.2022.2045366","article-title":"The effect of wearing face mask on speech intelligibility in listeners with sensorineural hearing loss and normal hearing sensitivity.","volume":"2","author":"Alkharabsheh","year":"2022","journal-title":"Int. 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