As face masks have become part of the new normal, deaf and hearing-impaired people are finding it difficult to communicate. Those who are hard of hearing often rely on lipreading, body language and ...

Making a mask? Here's where to buy the materials to make your own at home Many organizations, including the National Association of the Deaf, are providing services like videos with an ...

“We have seen deaf members of staff not being able to ... knowing how to craft these masks is a handy skill to have. Made in the UK, Friendly Face Mask’s creations are designed to fit those ...

Mandatory mask wearing saw more than 90% of deaf people struggle to communicate during the pandemic, University of Essex research has revealed. It also discovered that 76% missed vital information ...

A deaf student at the University of Chicago is begging the school to lift its campus mask mandate. The school has implemented rigorous COVID-19 prevention requirements for attendance. Instructors ...

In particular, deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals have had to adjust to living in a world where communication has changed in a major way. With mask wearing now a norm in day-to-day life, the ability ...

For many deaf people, communicating in a hearing world has always been a struggle and masks have made communication a lot harder. When deaf people are communicating with those who can't sign ...

A deaf woman in California said she was denied service at a local Dunkin’ location after she asked employees to remove their masks so she could read their lips. "I couldn’t hear anything.

but these maps rarely tell Deaf users if these businesses are really Deaf-friendly. Most maps do not highlight information that Deaf people may need to know when they navigate to new places ...