My eyes are my ears: Why face masks are a big problem for people with hearing loss
Video report by Rob Shelley
There are concerns that people with hearing loss could face additional barriers with more and more of us wearing face masks to halt the spread of coronavirus.
The pandemic has meant that wearing face masks has become a part of everyday life.
This is a problem for people like Barbara Jones who have hearing loss and rely on lip reading to communicate with others.
Barbara Jones, from Ruthin said: "My eyes are my ears.
"'First thing that made me aware, I was watching the telly one evening and somebody was being interviewed and they had a mask on. I turned to my husband Huw and said, "I'm really going to struggle here."
"It fills me with dread that I'm going to be going out, working and not being able to communicate with people.
"And yes, I respect that we need to wear masks because of the safety side of it, but it's going to be a barrier as well."
From Monday 27th July people travelling on public transport and taxis in Wales will have to wear face coverings.
In England, face coverings are already mandatory in shops and on public transport.
Barbara understands the need for people to wear face masks but says one solution is to use transparent face coverings so that people with hearing loss can still lip read.
Charities want businesses to consider options like this so that people with hearing loss are not excluded.
Karen Robson from Action For Hearing Loss said: "It's estimated that about one in six people in Wales have some degree of hearing loss so that's a huge proportion of our society who are actually experiencing barriers when they're out and about in their everyday life trying to communicate with people"