Transparent masks made to assist deaf, hard-of-hearing

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Title (Dublin Core)

Description (Dublin Core)

A print news article and accompanying video discussing the challenge the increase use of masks to prevent the spread of covid-19 has presented for those with hearing impairments who may rely on lip reading. To accommodate for this a local couple have started making masks with clear plastic windows over the mouth.

masks, disability, accommodation, health and wellness

Date (Dublin Core)

May 26, 2020

Creator (Dublin Core)

Bruce Deachman

Contributor (Dublin Core)

Hope Gresser

Type (Dublin Core)

news article

Link (Bibliographic Ontology)

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/transparent-masks-made-to-assist-deaf-hard-of-hearing/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1590444785

https://web.archive.org/web/20210621044849/https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/transparent-masks-made-to-assist-deaf-hard-of-hearing/

Publisher (Dublin Core)

Ottawa Citizen

Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)

English Art & Design

English Community Service

English Health & Wellness

English News coverage

English Cities & Suburbs

English Technology

Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)

mask

accommodation

deaf

lip reading

Canada

Kanata

Ontario

Lexan

design

see-through

Collection (Dublin Core)

Deaf, deaf, and HOH Perspectives

Canada

Disability

Linked Data (Dublin Core)

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Date Submitted (Dublin Core)

06/09/2020

Date Modified (Dublin Core)

06/18/2020

03/21/2021

06/20/2021

04/17/2022

Date Created (Dublin Core)

05/26/2020

Item sets

Covid 19

Canada

This item was submitted on June 9, 2020 by Hope Gresser using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://www.covid-19archive.org/s/archive

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