With the mouth of the wearer visible, these face masks can provide assistance for the deaf and hard hearing people who may read lips or speak sign language.
KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 — An American college senior is producing special face masks to help the deaf and hard of hearing community amid the Covid-19 outbreak.
“And people who are profoundly deaf who use ASL as their primary mode of communication. ASL is very big on facial expressions and it is part of the grammar.” “So, I felt like it was very important that, even at a time like this, people need to have that communication.” “We're trying different things for people with cochlear implants and hearing aids if they can't wrap around the ears.For now, Lawrence is producing as many face masks as she can and sending them out for free.
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