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Here is something I've not seen in all the discussions on #AcademicTwitter about re-opening campuses in the Fall:
I am deaf (you don't get a #cochlearimplant unless your audiogram falls off the chart) and rely on lip-reading. I can't lip-read when people (rightly) wear masks.
I am deaf (you don't get a #cochlearimplant unless your audiogram falls off the chart) and rely on lip-reading. I can't lip-read when people (rightly) wear masks.
How am I supposed to teach students in class when I can't read their lips b/c they are all expected to be wearing masks? What "reasonable accommodation" can be made under these circumstances?
I can't ask my students to lower their masks b/c then I am exposing them to greater risk of exposure to COVID-19, especially in our small, poor ventilated classrooms. This is compounded by the fact that @GSPIA our classes meet once/week for three hours.
So to protect my students (and myself) we will all need to mask up, but in doing so we won't be able to have effective face-to-face conversations in class b/c the facilitator (me) can't follow what they're saying.
And I don't sign (I was brought up in hearing culture), so bringing in a sign language interpreter won't work. 
