TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Since the outbreak of COVID-19 wearing a face covering has pretty much become the new normal -- strongly encouraged to avoid the spread of the virus.
But one group seems to be having difficulties when it comes to communicating while wearing face coverings. “My mom she’d worn her mask over her mouth and I’m like, ‘Just please take off your mask because I can’t understand a word she’s saying,’” Jocelyn Dagenais, said.
The 11-year-old was born with a loss of hearing and communicates mostly by reading lips. “When you cover up someone’s mouth and somebody relies on that visual to be able to understand what someone is saying, you take that away and it’s very difficult to follow a conversation,” Jocelyn’s mom,Katie Mitzner,