Quebec's deaf community celebrates first face masks designed to help lip readers
MONTREAL -- Quebec's deaf community is celebrating the arrival of the first mask with a transparent window over the mouth that meets Health Canada requiremements. “It's a great victory,” said Audition Quebec president Jeanne Choquette. Choquette said the province's mask mandate, which was first implemented in July, created “a lot of distress” among the hearing impaired. “We read lips. We need to see the mouth,” she said. Choquette said the single-use Humask-Pro Vision was “eagerly awaited” in the health, education and early childhood centre networks. The mask, which ...
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