As people continue to wear masks amid the coronavirus pandemic, one group is finding this new practice particularly challenging. Those who are hearing-impaired rely on reading lips to communicate, so ...

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 ...

With wearing face masks becoming the “new normal,” concerns have risen about its suitability for persons with hearing impairment who depend on lip-reading and facial expressions to communicate . To ...

A Swiss team has spent the past two years developing a transparent, breathable material that it hopes will replace traditional face masks. With the spread of the coronavirus, face masks have become a ...

The Hill may be compensated and/or receive an affiliate commission if you buy through our links. We missed plenty of things during the last year, from international vacations and crowded sporting ...

"Deaf people really rely on expression and facial cues, and a lot of hard of hearing individuals rely on lip reading," tells PEOPLE Nigel Smith is the Senior Movies News Editor for PEOPLE. He is an ...

A Swiss startup called HMCARE, spun out of the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, has raised a million Swiss Francs (equivalent to about $1.05 million) to commercialize its transparent and ...

What to Know Before Making and Wearing a DIY Mask That's why for the last two years, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) and the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science ...