Ask HN: Has mask wearing affected your lip-reading?

Posted by ghastmaster on Thursday February 17, 2022 @01:39PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I use lips frequently to supplement my hearing loss. I frequently have to ask people with masks to repeat what they just said.

It dawned on me today that there are people who rely on lip-reading to communicate, and have probably struggled the past two years. What if anything have you been able to do to help?

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Re:Ask HN: Has mask wearing affected your lip-reading? by sagarjs on Thursday February 17, 2022 @02:30PM (#30377516)

I did wonder this too (with some sadness )

I heard of some people who created a mask with a transparent strip to allow for this.

Also remember South Korea using masks that are transparent during election time.

Not sure about the traction any of these have got though.

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Re:Ask HN: Has mask wearing affected your lip-reading? by Eavolution on Thursday February 17, 2022 @05:19PM (#30379451)

I have slight hearing problems too. It's been a nightmare for me as I partly rely on lipreading and I haven't been able to so I've been having to ask people to repeat themselves a lot.

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