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 ...

As mask-wearing becomes the new norm around the world, researchers from the EPFL and Empa in Switzerland have come up with a way to improve at least one of the many challenges of wearing face ...

Masks have become mandatory and is the new fashion during the Covid-19 pandemic. Wearing a transparent mask can facilitate communication for everyone, minimizing stress and improving interaction.

Transparent facemasks and shields are costly compared with classic counterparts but could prove a boon for the deaf and hard of hearing battling to communicate in the coronavirus era. The concept has ...

When Mr Kevin Siew, who has hearing difficulties, started speech therapy sessions last April, the mandatory mask wearing meant that he was often unable to figure out what his therapist was saying. The ...

People have trouble identifying the emotions of those who are wearing masks - but not when the face covering is see-through, a new study finds. A joint research team from the Massachusetts Institute ...

Suzy Margueron, a retiree in Paris, usually walks five miles a day, so she knew something was wrong when she barely had the energy to make it to the grocery store in the spring. As it turned out, she ...

It's not the first face mask to include a transparent area to help those with hearing impairments communicate. But this 3D-printed one is fully transparent and reuseable. Compulsory mask-wearing has ...