The COVID-19 pandemic has made it harder for the Deaf community to receive critical information.
and hard of hearing community. One 21-year-old in Kentucky has come up with a solution, and she’s “overwhelmed” with the response so far.
Lawrence and her mom set to work sewing masks using plastic fabric and bed sheets, experimenting with various attachments for people who use cochlear implants and hearing aids and can’t wrap mask straps around their ears. “Those who rely on lip reading or ASL [American Sign Language] to communicate are often cut off from their source of communication when doctors and nurses don surgical masks,” she wrote.
And for those who want to contribute face masks to their own community, Lawrence said she would post a YouTube tutorial soon and would be willing to email the sewing pattern upon request.
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