Fogged-up glasses to communication problems: mouth and nose protection brings many problems with it in everyday life.
What can individuals do about them?
Communication is not always easy, and then the glasses keep fogging up because of the mask *: Everyday life with a mouth and nose covering is full of pitfalls.
But if you take a few pieces of advice to heart, you will get along better with it.
Three questions about the mask - and answers that consumers should know.
Quiet, clear and loud enough: this is the best way to communicate through the mask
Talking through a piece of material can be exhausting in the long run.
Why does everyone understand you so badly?
However, removing the mouth and nose cover is not an option either when you ask questions in the supermarket or when you make phone calls on the bus.
Rather, it depends on the technology.
It is important that you try to speak calmly, clearly and loudly enough without yelling, explains the voice trainer Brigitta Gumpricht
from Dortmund.
Speaking loudly is more difficult with an everyday mask.
The fabric is a hindrance because the sound can no longer move forward so freely.
So that the vocal cords are not stressed too much when you have to speak louder, Gumpricht recommends speaking more from your stomach.
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A good view even with a mask: If you put the glasses on the face mask, the air you breathe past the visual aid.
© Zacharie Scheurer / dpa-tmn
"If I notice that something is sore in my throat because I am trying to speak so loudly, it is a sign that I have to relax," explains the expert.
Above all, this means speaking more calmly
- "and not necessarily in terms of volume, but of speaking speed, and without pressure from the throat."
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How do I prevent my glasses from fogging up?
To ensure that the view remains clear even when using a face
mask, wearers of glasses should
ensure that they
wear the glasses over the mask.
Breathing air flowing upwards then flows past the glasses, explains the Board of Trustees for Good Vision (KGS).
In addition, a wire can be sewn into the upper part of the mask.
With this, the mask can be precisely adapted to the shape of the nose, the warm breath air can then no longer flow upwards.
The experts recommend that the wire should be rust-free so that the mouthguard can be washed without any problems.
What to do with disposable masks that I no longer need?
To ensure protection, mouth and nose covers must be replaced regularly.
Disposable masks then do not belong in the waste paper.
Rather, they are properly disposed of in the residual waste
.
The Association of German Paper Mills points this out.
The reason: Most of the disposable masks contain plastic fibers.
If these end up in the waste paper, they make the recycling process more difficult and would have to be filtered out.
Protective masks made entirely of paper also belong in the residual waste, because this avoids contamination and health risks.
(dpa)
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Information about Brigitta Gumpricht
KGS coronavirus tips for people who wear glasses
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Mouth and nose masks belong in the residual waste - and not in the waste paper.
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