Facemasks as a Barrier to Effective Communication
By Courtney Petherick Facemasks have been actively promoted as an effective preventative measure against COVID-19. They are variously encouraged or mandated in many indoor settings where social distancing is not possible, and this is unlikely to change any time soon. Accordingly, dispute resolution specialists, as experts in communication, are needing to adapt to the impact of facemasks. For most of us communicating with facemasks is more difficult than with no masks. We know that facemasks can muffle speech (Vrij [...]