Deaf Community & Masks
With so many wearing masks, how is this affecting you? Is mask wearing quite common in your area now?
Do you typically rely on lip reading a fair bit?
I'm a bit ignorant with all the various sign languages, do masks interfere with being able to understand some signs well?
I know some businesses are planning on making long term changes, not just for now, how do you feel about that?
For those of us who are not Deaf and don't know sign language are there things we should be more aware of or could do to make communicating a bit easier?
Hi Affy some doctors use transparent masks where you can see the mouth.
There is also face shields we use wherever masks are not appropriate.
Looks like this:
@kindSoul10 I haven't see transparent masks before, that's great those are an option.
@AffyAvo sadly it's a rarity.
@AffyAvo here is more info on transparent masks.