One of the major drawbacks of a face mask is that it hides the wearer’s smile. Baltimore-based ClearMask LLC has solved that problem by developing a transparent mask that reveals a person’s facial ...

A mask is a mask is a . . . potential impediment when you’re trying to decipher a torrent of words pouring from a toddler’s mouth. Or so I discovered when, after months of hyper-cautious isolation, I ...

If you’re looking for a face mask, options abound. But whether it’s leopard print, splashed with your team’s logo, or the standard blue medical variety, all of these opaque masks have one problem in ...

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An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, millions have adapted to wearing masks in public, communicating with people by using only half of our ...

BALTIMORE. EXPERTS SAY 55 PERCENT OF COMMUNICATION IS VISUAL THESE MASKS PREVENT SEEING FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AND PICKING UP VISUAL CUES. AND NOW THERE’S ANOTHER OPTION. THEY SEE A SMILE IS THE GREATEST ...

A Greenpoint woman has started making transparent face masks to help the hard of hearing who rely on reading lips obscured by more traditional face coverings amid the COVID-19 pandemic. “Somebody who ...

"Deaf people really rely on expression and facial cues, and a lot of hard of hearing individuals rely on lip reading," tells PEOPLE Nigel Smith is the Senior Movies News Editor for PEOPLE. He is an ...

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 ...