We Still Cannot Hear: Staff Perceptions Of Personal Protective Equipment Impact On Speech And Communication In The Operating Theater During Pediatric Airway Surgery

We wish to highlight the continued impact of personal protective equipment (PPE) (filtering facemask and powered respirators) as a barrier to communication when used during aerosol generating procedures such as pediatric airway surgery in the operating theatre during the endemic phase of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and present our multi-cadre staff survey to emphasize an ongoing potential patient safety issue inherent to current guidance.