I am in the same boat, lip reading.
I wear hearing aids, but rely on lip reading to understand what someone is saying. A person wearing a mask sounds like Charlie Brown’s teacher.
I like the level 10 Karens.
I was at a Sprouts market the other day. The woman at the deli counter wasn’t a native English speaker, so I would normally struggle to understand her, even when she wasn’t wearing a mask. I told her I wanted some of the “Honey roasted turkey.”
Apparently she didn’t hear “turkey” and responded “Can or Sushi?” in a very muffled voice.
I said “What?”
She replied “Can or Sushi?” again in a very muffled behind-the-mask voice.
I said I’m sorry, did you say “Can or Sushi?”
She lowered her mask and, with very careful diction, asked me “Do you want Ham or Turkey?”
They had both Honey Roasted Ham and Honey Roasted Turkey.