Hapcheon-gun Distributes Lip-View Masks to Facilitate Communication with the Deaf Community

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Distribution of Lip-View Masks
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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the 19th, Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, will produce and distribute 500 Lip-View masks that show the mouth shape for the deaf and hard of hearing who have difficulty communicating with regular masks due to the impact of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

So far, many hearing-impaired individuals (such as the hearing impaired and the elderly) have experienced difficulties in communication and inconvenience in handling civil complaints when visiting government offices for civil affairs.

In particular, considering that hearing-impaired people usually communicate by reading sign language, mouth shapes, and facial expressions, they have complained that wearing regular masks makes it difficult to see mouth shapes, causing communication difficulties.

The Lip-View masks produced this time will be stocked in the county office and eup/myeon civil service offices and distributed to facilities used by the deaf and related organizations for the disabled so that they can be used during various education and programs such as sign language interpretation and speech therapy for the deaf.

Park Eun-sook, Director of the Resident Welfare Division, said, “These masks are made to show the mouth shape. Now that masks have become a part of daily life, I hope the Lip-View masks will serve as another consideration for smooth communication with the deaf and help alleviate inconveniences in daily life.”

In response, Choi Hyo-sung, President of the Deaf Association, said, “On behalf of the deaf in Hapcheon, I am grateful for the county’s thoughtful consideration for the deaf, who might be marginalized due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic.”

Previously, the county had stocked convenience items for the disabled (magnifiers, hearing aids, braille civil complaint guidebooks, etc.) in the county office and eup/myeon civil service offices to ensure that hearing-impaired and other disabled individuals do not experience inconvenience when using the civil service offices.

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