College Student Makes Clear Masks For The Deaf & Hard Of Hearing!

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Ashley Lawrence is a senior studying education for the deaf and hard of hearing at Eastern Kentucky University. Due to the virus, she is living back at home and doing her student teaching from home. She explained the necessity for the plastic window on the masks and why she started this project in the first place.

She said, "For anyone who uses speech reading, lip reading, anybody like that.... people who are profoundly deaf who use ASL as their primary mode of communication. ASL is very big on facial expressions and it is part of the grammar."

To order one of Lawrence's masks, reach out to her at dhhmaskproject@gmail.com.

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