Experts at Hong Kong Lingnan University have created a new transparent face mask which they say enables barrier-free communication. While it's a breakthrough for the hearing impaired who may need to ...

As mask-wearing becomes the new norm around the world, researchers from the EPFL and Empa in Switzerland have come up with a way to improve at least one of the many challenges of wearing face ...

The widespread use of masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has posed numerous communication barriers, muffling speech and impeding lip-reading. For deaf or hard-of-hearing (DHH) individuals, masks have ...

A group of Johns Hopkins University graduate students and alumni have received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for its new fully transparent surgical face mask. The privately ...