Help us make the protective masks accessible to hearing-impaired people!
We need your help in order to start mass production of unique protective masks that will bring back the ability of hearing-impaired people to
communicate using lip-reading.
In a unique collaboration of Carolina Tannenbaum-Baruchi, a PH.D. student and a member of the “Prepared Center for Emergency Response Research” at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, with us, the robotics team RoboActive #2096 from Darca Zinman High School in Dimona, Israel, we developed the “Read My Lips” protective mask. An accessible mask for communication with hearing-impaired people. The mask is based on the insights and the knowledge gained by Carolina’s research.
Over the past month, in full collaboration, we have planned, developed, and created prototypes to the mask using 3D printers.
On those days, we are raising funds and donations in order to mass-produce the mask in a factory using hypoallergenic silicone which stands medical standards. The masks will be sent to hearing-impaired people and medical crews who take care of this population and will be sold in cost value.
The mask advantages:
- Reusable and disinfectable.
- Made of hypoallergenic silicone which stands medical standards.
- Allows the person wearing it to breathe easily without vapors generating on the maks (unlike the existing solutions).
- A transparent front which allows easy lip-reading and interpersonal communication.
- Allows movement while speaking.
- There is an option of adding a KN95 filter.
- A structure that allows easy replacement of parts.
We will be grateful for any donation for the project!
The mask developers:
FIRST Team RoboActive #2096 from Darca Zinman High School in Dimona, Israel. The team. which is consists of teenagers from the 9th - 12th grades, specializes in implementing a wide engineering process following their robot building for the annual robotics competition they participate in. Among that, the team is engaged in extensive community involvement from its inception. The team’s vision is to change the world and make it a better place.
Carolina Tannenbaum-Baruchi, a PH.D. student and a member of the “Prepared Center for Emergency Response Research” at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, studies the struggle of hearing-impaired people in emergencies. Her research has contributed a lot to a change in the lives of hearing-impaired people.
Read Carolina’s papers:
