How does wearing masks affect certain group of people?

How does wearing masks affect certain group of people?

Catherine is hard on hearing (=can't hear well). During Covid-19 pandemic, people are required to wear face masks. She talks about the problems when someone wearing face masks talks to her.

Multiple Select

When Catherine talks to someone who wears face masks, what causes the difficulty of her understanding what the person is saying?

• She can't read the speaker's lips.

• She can't see the speaker's facial expression.

• She can't read the speaker's sign language.

Next, Catherine is going to talk about how you can help people like her. Watch and answer the question.

Multiple Select

Which of the following is a good way to help someone like Catherine?

• Use sign language.

• Point to things.

• Writing on a piece of paper..

• Shout loudly.