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‘Up your eyebrow game’: UBC expert gives tips for better communication while wearing a face mask
coronavirus pandemic, having our faces covered can make communication with others tricky.Lorienne Jenstad, associate professor at the University of British Columbia’s School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, says the added challenge of communicating with a mask on can prove to be a barrier to the kind of small social interactions that occur in places like grocery stores.“If that’s difficult and challenging, we may not have effort left over for interaction — things like ‘How’s your day going? — and that’s the part that I think we really need right now,” she said.Jenstad said non-verbal communication is key and now is the time to “up your eyebrow game.”[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Move your eyes.