This. I have significant hearing loss to the point that i have hearing aids. The past year and a half has been hell. I look at lips to try and help distinguish what was actually said when my ears can't really tell the difference. Masks have been hell on the hearing impaired community.
Yep, and children between the ages of about 4 and 7 are being severely impaired in their speech development, since watching lips move is one of the ways (big ways) the human brain processes, anticipates, learns, and imitates speech. When that is cut off by these Covid zealots, the children’s development is severely impaired and it is being done at a crucial stage of brain development when those synapses and pathways are being formed. There is no excuse of “oh well, these kids will figure it out eventually” because those stages of development for the brain cannot be paused or repeated. It is a one-time event and these cruel and unusual mask mandates are creating permanent developmental damage.
This. I have significant hearing loss to the point that i have hearing aids. The past year and a half has been hell. I look at lips to try and help distinguish what was actually said when my ears can't really tell the difference. Masks have been hell on the hearing impaired community.
Yep, and children between the ages of about 4 and 7 are being severely impaired in their speech development, since watching lips move is one of the ways (big ways) the human brain processes, anticipates, learns, and imitates speech. When that is cut off by these Covid zealots, the children’s development is severely impaired and it is being done at a crucial stage of brain development when those synapses and pathways are being formed. There is no excuse of “oh well, these kids will figure it out eventually” because those stages of development for the brain cannot be paused or repeated. It is a one-time event and these cruel and unusual mask mandates are creating permanent developmental damage.
I have a 4 year old whos speech is not where it should be. I would agree with what you state here.
Other than speech, he's quite bright and quick about his wits. His annunciation isn't where it should be though.