(04-11-2020, 03:33 PM)anonymous2112 Wrote: This one's gonna sound weird, but:

I have a bad habit of looking at people's mouths instead of their eyes.  I've got a bad right ear due to an unchecked problem as an infant, and I picked up the habit trying to understand what folks are saying.  I guess I also admire a nice smile.  With everyone wearing a mask, I'm looking them in the eyes first, and it's pure magic seeing who's smiling under the mask.  Also, eyes really are beautiful things, and I'm getting a new appreciation for them that I didn't have before now.

And, the data is in:  the air really is clearer around here.  Hope it is in Jax, too.

It's not weird. I have hearing loss and tinnitus and do the same, especially when there is background noise. Something you can probably relate to is that some people are more difficult to understand than others. Speech patterns, volume and voice frequency are bedeviling. I simply cannot understand the receptionist at work. She has a mousy little voice that leaves me struggling to pick up words here and there. Another coworker speaks quickly and in, what I consider, a low voice. I hardly ever look that guy in the eye. If in an echo-ey room, like a racquetball court, fagetaboutit.

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