Coronavirus: How to help deaf people while wearing a face mask

More people are wearing face masks, but that can make communicating really tough for deaf children and adults.

That's because lots of deaf people lip-read or use facial expressions to understand what someone is saying - they can't do this as easily if someone is wearing a mask or covering.

But there are lots of things everyone can do to help make things easier.

Here's Beccy Forrow - Campaigner at the National Deaf Children's Society - with some top tips.

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