Face coverings to curb the spread of the coronavirus are making it hard for people who read lips to communicate.
These female autoworkers could have stayed home collecting most of their pay when their Ford factories closed. Instead, they’ve gone back to work to make medical equipment.SAN DIEGO -- Michael Conley felt especially isolated these past few months: A deaf man, he was prevented from reading lips by the masks people wore to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
“You can tell so much by a facial expression, so it’s proving that it can be helpful to everybody,” Helton said. The Communicator was developed before the pandemic to address a problem that lip readers have long faced in trying to understand masked workers in hospitals. The problem has been worsened by the pandemic; many interpreters for hearing-impaired people have been unable to go into medical facilities because of the highly contagiousConley, a San Diego museum worker, suddenly found himself cut off from the world.
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