<p class="title">Lip-reading suddenly got tricky when everyone covered their face during the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates"><b>coronavirus</b></a> pandemic, but Indonesian tailors have hit upon the perfect solution -- see-through masks.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-all-doctors-and-hospitals-to-light-a-candle-at-9pm-on-april-22-as-protest-says-ima-827545.html"><b>Track live updates on coronavirus here</b></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">One husband and wife duo in Makassar on Sulawesi island started producing cloth masks with transparent plastic in the middle to help fellow deaf people.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Since the pandemic started, everyone is wearing facemasks. For deaf people, we can't understand what others are saying because we can't read their lips," said 52-year-old Faizah Badaruddin.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><b>Also Read: </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-state-wise-india-update-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-28-830791.html"><b>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases</b></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">"There were a lot of misunderstandings," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Badaruddin and her husband used to sew cushions, bed sheets and curtains for customers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But when orders dried up, Badaruddin looked up instructional videos online to work out how to produce masks for the hearing impaired.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since early April, the little business has been producing as many as two dozen transparent masks a day in small, medium and large sizes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They sell for between 10,000 rupiah to 15,000 rupiah (65 cents to 97 cents) each.</p>
<p class="title">Lip-reading suddenly got tricky when everyone covered their face during the <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/coronavirus-live-news-covid-19-latest-updates"><b>coronavirus</b></a> pandemic, but Indonesian tailors have hit upon the perfect solution -- see-through masks.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-live-updates-all-doctors-and-hospitals-to-light-a-candle-at-9pm-on-april-22-as-protest-says-ima-827545.html"><b>Track live updates on coronavirus here</b></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">One husband and wife duo in Makassar on Sulawesi island started producing cloth masks with transparent plastic in the middle to help fellow deaf people.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Since the pandemic started, everyone is wearing facemasks. For deaf people, we can't understand what others are saying because we can't read their lips," said 52-year-old Faizah Badaruddin.</p>.<p class="bodytext"><b>Also Read: </b><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-state-wise-india-update-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-28-830791.html"><b>Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases</b></a></p>.<p class="bodytext">"There were a lot of misunderstandings," she added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Badaruddin and her husband used to sew cushions, bed sheets and curtains for customers.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But when orders dried up, Badaruddin looked up instructional videos online to work out how to produce masks for the hearing impaired.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Since early April, the little business has been producing as many as two dozen transparent masks a day in small, medium and large sizes.</p>.<p class="bodytext">They sell for between 10,000 rupiah to 15,000 rupiah (65 cents to 97 cents) each.</p>