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Coronavirus Calls Attention to Surgical Masks

Coronavirus has put the focus on a lot of things related to health, and recently that attention is directed to masks that doctors, dentists, and surgeons wear. For many people that are hearing impaired or wear hearing aids, they rely on reading lips. Before coronavirus, you could easily visit your doctor or dentist and speak and be able to read their lips to help you follow the conversation. Still, now that medical professionals are wearing masks any time they meet with patients, this presents a new challenge for the hearing impaired.

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