As many of us have been wearing masks for protection during the Coronavirus pandemic, those who are deaf or have hearing loss are facing new challenges when communicating. The Deaf and Hard of Hearing ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) – The communication needs of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities are being impacted greatly by COVID-19, which has lead to the use of a special face mask with a clear ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Justine Bate and her husband Carl modelling the masks, which enable deaf people to lip read. (SWNS) A deaf mum has been inundated ...

FRESNO, Calif. -- Face masks are being used to help slow down the spread of COVID-19, but they're creating a unique issue for the deaf community - one that a Fresno woman is hoping to help with. Rosa ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY - When Abby Lewis' daughter Olive, who is deaf, has trouble understanding her, Lewis often ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Face mask usage is more of a norm and less of a niche during the COVID-19 pandemic, with cities and states recommending that individuals don protective facial coverings before heading ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Whatever your political or scientific stance is on face masks, one thing is certain: people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing face ...

When Karma Quick-Panwala was pregnant with her second child, she didn’t anticipate relying on the help of a 17-year-old stranger, living almost 400 miles away, during her delivery. Quick-Panwala, who ...

Dylan Secord, who is deaf, had a problem with a self-checkout machine at the grocery store. Normally, Secord would have typed an explanation of the problem on his smartphone and handed the phone to a ...

IOWA CITY - When Abby Lewis' daughter Olive, who is deaf, has trouble understanding her, Lewis often points to her own mouth and overemphasizes her words' syllables. It's something she does especially ...