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cord-269568-vwkawh6x	Ten Hulzen, Richard D.	Impact of Hearing Loss and Universal Face Masking in the COVID-19 Era.	2020-08-03		.txt	text/plain	1084	65	48	Abbreviations: COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019; dB = decibel; ED = Emergency Department; FFP = filtering face piece; FM = frequency modulation; Hz = Hertz; ICU = Intensive Care Unit; N95 mask = a particulate-filtering face mask that filters at least 95% of airborne particles; PPE = personal protective equipment; PSAPs -personal sound amplification products; SARS-CoV-2 = severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2. We'd like to call attention to the negative impacts of universal masking and social distancing in both health-care and community settings for individuals with hearing loss. Social Healthcare professionals should recognize that, with the loss of visual cues (i.e., lip reading) and support systems (e.g., family members), current COVID-19 policies such as universal masking, social distancing, and unaccompanied patients may "unmask" significant hearing loss-related issues that previously had been diminished or ignored.	./cache/cord-269568-vwkawh6x.txt	./txt/cord-269568-vwkawh6x.txt