Student Creates Masks for Hearing Impaired

With new government recommendations suggesting people cover their face in public, everyone that didn’t have a mask is now looking to get one. However, the more people that are covering their faces, the harder it is for hearing impaired people who rely on lip-reading and facial expressions for American Sign Language.

That’s where Eastern Kentucky University student Ashley Lawrence has stepped in. She’s been making her own masks with a plastic window, making lip-reading possible while staying safe and protected.

https://www.instagram.com/p/B-aQRQDJkPb/

Lawrence makes these modified masks while she’s home from school and sends them out for free to people who need them. According to her GoFundMe page, she will be releasing a video on how to make your very own see-through mask. In the meantime, here is a video from Chinese interpreters on how to make a mask.

See also:

https://www.latv.com/10-coronavirus-myths-crushed/

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