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How do you manage wearing a facemask with hearing aids?

Hearing Loss | Last Active: Sep 17, 2023 | Replies (99)

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Easiest protective device is a shield because it rests on your forehead and upper back of your head. Someone in our small town has a 3D printer and has made lots of shields, for $15 ea., $10 to those of us who work for homeless charities. The shields are very helpful because many clerks wear them, which makes figuring out what they're saying far easier, both because a mask doesn't muffle speech and because you have all the usual visual clues.

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@joyces- It would seem that shields might be better. Dr. Poland and the CDC have stated that because most shields are open on the bottom and some on the sides that they aren't as effective as the ones that they have recommended because of all the testings that have been done.
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