I’m not deaf, but it helps me to see people’s mouths when they talk.
All depends on the shape of your nose (and the rest of your face). I wear my mask (KN95 mask, always – I’ve given up on the surgical mask because of the sheer number of non-compliant assholes I get exposed to every day) closer to the tip of my nose than the bridge. I conform the metal bit to my nose. It’s still slightly under my glasses (meaning, if you were looking at me, my glasses and the mask overlap).
Works pretty well. I test the seal as best I can. My glasses don’t fog up.
So what works well for one person might not work right for another.
Yeah, COVID has made me aware how much I rely on seeing someone’s mouth to understand what they’re saying.
Your face and your glasses must be shaped very differently from mine. My glasses mostly stay at the very top of the bridge of my nose.
But yours also overlap, I notice.
I see people dragging their mask lower and lower and saying it is to prevent fogging. I think they are generally going in the wrong direction, and also letting too much air leak out at me.
This showed up in my newsfeed this morning. I believe these will catch on.
https://a.msn.com/r/2/BB17lqxo?m=en-us&referrerID=InAppShare
There are a bunch of links in the article.
If you got $50, you can buy one of these. https://www.yankodesign.com/2020/06/24/worlds-first-fda-registered-clear-uv-c-sterilizing-smart-mask-transparent-n99-mask/
I appreciate the difficulty. I have a deaf customer I sometimes deal with, so I understand the difficulty. Resorting to pen and paper is a solution, but it is hard to write out detailed statements I could just verbally get across quickly.
Like others, I don’t think that particular mask is that good. While it will stop direct transfer and large droplets from speech, sneezing, coughing, the open sides does allow transfer of air with smaller droplets through the sides. Given that we are now concerned about smaller droplets that linger in the air and spread farther, I don’t think that mask is particularly safe for either direction.
However, it is better than these:
Both of which I have had customers use in the store. Ridiculous - how can they think those do anything? They’re not even really a sneezeguard, as sneezes have so much force they will eject up and out around the edges. Okay, maybe keep direct snot off you, you’re still going to get plenty from the blast. And wearing one, you are much less likely to try to cover your sneeze with your elbow/shoulder, because the mask precludes that kind of block.
Yes, something like that would be great, if it doesn’t fog. It shows the mouth, so it can show lips and expressions, but also has filtration that closes against the skin all around, like we are recommended to wear masks.
I really like the one that guy is wearing. It shows a lot of the face, while still having good wraparound and sealing. The one the lady below is wearing is not as good, because the window is smaller.
Good luck to you in getting your friends and family to wear some.
Those are the best looking clear mask I’ve seen. They completely seal around the whole face, yet expose most of the face except for the area of the chin where the filter sits. And that is a filter, not a valve, so it works. And the air doesn’t blow up around the eyes to fog glasses.
I don’t know about the active UV-C version, or the even pricier Pro version with active ventilation. And $50 seems steep, but that’s for the reusable mask, which could last a long time. It doesn’t tell how much the filters cost, or how long the non-UV version lasts. Still, that looks like a great mask.
I don’t have any family and my friends never listen to me. So no prob. 
There are some COVID helmets newly entering the market.
Just looking at those makes my nose start itching.
Did you ever get the one you ordered?
I’m a language teacher and - for now - am doing in person classes and these would really help. Language learners have a harder time understanding people and reading each other’s lips and facial expressions would really improve the lessons. The university even has a small budget for buying them, but I’m worried about them fogging up as well as about them not being up to scratch as protective devices. I’m a bit suspicious of the fact that such an improvement hasn’t been more widely adopted and wonder if there’s a catch, so if ThelmaLou or anyone else with first-hand experience could chip in, that would be cool.
I did get the masks, but TBH I haven’t worn them. It’s a worthy idea, but the design of these was not good. They were too skimpy-- they did cover my nose, mouth, chin, etc., but not generously. They didn’t extend far enough up the sides of my face to make me feel covered. It looks okay in this picture, but it really doesn’t feel right. Kind of like a bathing suit that you’re always tugging up or down. A guy might not be able to relate to that… but it can ruin a girl’s (as in high school girl’s) day at the beach.
Here’s a link to the ones I bought. There are rather a lot of 1-star reviews.
I’m hoping more versions of this design will eventually come out. I don’t know why there haven’t been more attempts by now. Even people who don’t have hearing issues have admitted to me that not being able to see someone’s mouth when they speak makes it hard to understand them.
Thanks. I had a similar problem with the masks that Walmart provided us. They gave us soft cloth masks to use, but they are too small. They don’t really go over the nose and below the chin. I just wear the disposable ones - they fit better and are probably better protection.
I would like one of those with a bigger window, and more material around the sides, top, and bottom. Good tension to keep sealed against the face, but enough room to move your mouth and not feel it shift or gap. Full visibility of the mouth.
Wow. I notice that picture looks like the mask fits the model pretty well, but then notice the masks look like digital art, not an actual picture of a real mask on a person.
I made one following this tutorial:
This is the mask style my family prefers. We used dish soap as our anti-fog treatment, but it still fogs up fairly quickly. The youngest grandson is hard of hearing, so I wanted something for when I take him somewhere. He likes the mask, so I have to make one for him now.
Very impressive!
Thanks so much for responding. I kind of had a feeling that if these worked very well, they would be catching on more quickly, and not only for the hard of hearing. My personal issue with masks is not that their uncomfortable or the much claimed “lack of oxygen”, but the fact that seeing people’s faces and their expressions is important to me, both in my job and in my personal life, so I would really love it if someone made a workable version of these.
I do wonder if we will have a huge surge in mouth related kink over the next few decades, as exposed mouths become associated with both intimacy and danger.
What a provocative thought, you sly minx… 
Just saw these on amazon. I’m glad designs for this type of mask are appearing. Still some bugs to work out.
This one is $16.00 for two. It has three ratings but no reviews yet.
This one is $20.99 for two. Has 319 ratings and a lot of reviews, about half are 4 & 5-star. Be advised: some of the reviews are NOT for this item.
This one is $9.00 and has one 3-star rating.
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