Face masks could make it harder to breathe or understand what people are saying
Foran suggests asthmatics wear a mask in their home for 20 minutes to test their comfort level before venturing out, and also to head out in cooler weather.“We say if they cannot wear a mask, they must ensure they’re maintaining physical distancing and practising good hand hygiene.”
“It could cause some serious challenges,” she said. “Because their senses are so heightened, it affects everything.”Payment has two children on the autism spectrum. One is anxious about masks because he associates them with having his teeth cleaned at the dentist, which he dislikes. The deaf can’t read lips covered by an opaque mask, which also muffles sound for those who are hearing impaired.A woman wears a face mask as she reads a newspaper in Ottawa on May 5, 2020. People with hearing impairment may have a harder time understanding others without the ability to see faces covered by a mask.
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