“The current situation is difficult for deaf and hard of hearing people because of the wearing of the mask. It makes lip reading and facial expressions impossible, which is essential for our communication, “states Clément Bouvier, president of the Association of the deaf in Eure-et-loir since 2014.
Not enough masks in supermarkets in Eure-et-Loir
This 37-year-old carpenter, deaf since the age of 23 months, deplores the impossibility of communicating caused by wearing a mask and suggests a few ways to facilitate the daily life of the hearing impaired: “The ideal situation for us would be to wear a visor mask in businesses, administrations and in the professional context. “
Claims common to the thousand hearing impaired Eurelians, among the 300,000 in France.
Information sharing
For Clément Bouvier, the provision of window masks would be ideal to allow lip-reading during a conversation. Other means of communication could be envisaged, according to him, such as being able to have a blackboard in order to communicate in writing, using gestures more, or, more utopically, hearing people learn sign language.
“The mask makes lip reading and facial expressions impossible, which is essential for our communication.
Clement Bouvier President of the Association of the deaf of Eure-et-Loir
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As it stands, the head of the Association of the deaf in Eure-et-Loir welcomes the transcription of official television interventions in sign language and / or with subtitles, which allows information to be shared equally. title as hearing. The proliferation of this mode of communication also makes it possible for deaf people to feel less isolated.
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This training will allow them to be able to interact with hearing-impaired children
But the daily life of the hearing impaired, since the beginning of the health crisis, is often synonymous with misunderstanding, even concern. These barrier masks have become so in the literal sense of the term and, to get out of this isolation, only a window mask could make their interlocutors transparent to the eyes of the hearing impaired.
Laurence Gélineau
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