Face masks pose problems for people who have impaired hearing, but there are ways to make it easier to communicate with people with hearing loss.
One work-in-progress is a hybrid mask — part shield, part mask that makes it easier to read a speaker’s lips.
Chuck Quirmbach of WUWM reports.
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