As an interpreter at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a new set of challenges for James Wiggins. With a mask on, patients here can no longer see his lips ...
Mask-wearing has become the norm for many since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite their effectiveness in preventing the spread of viruses, opaque masks impair our ability to understand ...
Commercially available transparent face masks allow for the perception of facial expressions while suppressing the dispersion of respiratory droplets that spread the SARS-CoV-2, and thus have a clear ...
Experts at Hong Kong Lingnan University have created a new transparent face mask which they say enables barrier-free communication. While it's a breakthrough for the hearing impaired who may need to ...
Dwi Rahayu Februarti, a mother with hearing impairment, runs a grocery kiosk out of her house in Sleman, Yogyakarta. After the government ordered all citizens to wear masks amid the COVID-19 outbreak, ...
Commercially available transparent face masks allow for the perception of facial expressions while suppressing the dispersion of respiratory droplets that spread the SARS-CoV-2, and thus have a clear ...