Masks create problems for people who are hard of hearing

Masks create a problem for people who are deaf or hard of hearing.

NOW TO OUR CONTINUINGCOVERAGE OF THECORONAVIRUS -WHILE MASKS ARELARGELY REQUIREDAROUND kansas city - THEYCREATE A BIG CHALLENGEFOR PEOPLE WHO AREDEAF AND HARD OFHEARING.41 ACTION NEWS ANCHORBRYANT MADDRICKEXPLAINS THE CHALLENGETHEY HAVE TO OVERCOME.VOHEARING THIS LEAFBLOWER IS SOMETHINGMANY OF US MAY TAKEFOR GRANTED.BUT IF YOU'RE DEAF......... YOU HEAR NOTHING.THE SAME GOES FORTALKING.BUT MASK MANDATESHAVE PEOPLE COVERINGTHEIR MOUTHS.ITS AN EXTRA BARRIERFOR PEOPLE DEAF ANDHARD OF HEARING WHORELY ON LIP READING.01:00;25-01:00;32"I depend on face.

Facialexpressions, body language.And a hard of hearing persondepends on the mouth,forward breathing."VOMICKI KECK IS DEAF.I TALKED TO HER ON THEPHONE THROUGH ANINTERPRETER.01:01;58-01:02;16"I recently confronted a personthat I put a piece of paper upto say "I'm deaf." And theywere speaking under the maskand I couldn't see the mouthmovement.

They kept doingthat.

I tried to explain andshowed them on paper I'mdeaf.

And they kept talkingunder their mask."VOMASK ARE ALSO ACHALLENGE FOR LUCYCRABTREE.SOT01:13;05-01:13;14"I have to figure out a newway to educate people"VOCRABTREE IS HARD OFHEARING.SHE DESCRIBED ONEENCOUNTER IN THEGROCERY STORE.SOT01:11;16-01:11;26"the cashier was trying to askme something and I didn'tknow what she was sayingbecause she was wearing amask also.

And I did not wantto ask her to take it off.VOSO SHE GESTURED.HER ADVICE WHENDEALING WITH SOMEONEWHO'S DEAF OR HARD OFHEARING ....SOT01:16;03-01:16;11"To ask that person how toeffectively communicate withthem."BRYANT MADDRICK 41ACTION NEW