Commercially available transparent face masks allow for the perception of facial expressions while suppressing the dispersion of respiratory droplets that spread the SARS-CoV-2, and thus have a clear ...

The receptionist at the doctor's office asks a question from behind her double mask and face guard on the opposite side of a large, plastic partition. "Excuse me, what was that again?" It's a phrase I ...

The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC) promotes global awareness and understanding of the work of the United Nations through its network of United Nations Information Centres ...

Face masks have become ubiquitous in public and clinical settings, yet they impose significant barriers on spoken communication. By attenuating high-frequency components of speech, masks reduce the ...

What question(s) did you set out to answer? Humans have evolved to communicate via the silent language of faces. As a result, we are able to read a number of simple (e.g., eye gaze) and complex (e.g., ...

ReddyPort®, a medical technology company focused on bringing new non-invasive ventilation (NIV) products into market, announced today that US Patent No. 11,222,648 has been issued by the US Patent ...

With more people wearing face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, it's creating challenges for those who are deaf and hard of hearing. Alicia Lane-Outlaw of St. Paul is deaf and is having trouble ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Centers for Disease Control announced new guidelines for mask recommendations on Friday. The agency is shifting the metrics they’ll use to determine community risk, looking at ...

The use of masks is effective in controlling the spread of the virus, but it is not without negatives. In particular, as masks cover the lower face, they conceal facial expressions; hence, it is ...