Wear your mask, but think about deaf students

Wear your mask, but think about deaf students

Masked lecturing with deaf students

Face masks are vital to containing the spread of COVID, but lecturers and universities must find ways to remove the barriers that masks might raise for deaf students, say geochemist Olivier Pourret and structural geologist Elodie Saillet. Drawing on their experiences as lecturers and parents of a deaf child, they share their insights about facilitating lip reading, questions and clear communication.

Nature | 4 min read