I've been stuck at reg since we reopened and since we're a cafe store, we're planted and can't help anyone else/do anything else without washing our hands. That's fine.

But I have really, really bad processing issues even on a normal, non-mask day and with people wearing masks, I don't even know you're talking to me until halfway through what you're saying (and this obv doesn't take into account people speaking quietly, or accents, or drink issues, etc.). I don't lip read exactly, but I need the visual cues to understand what's going on and seeing lips keep me on track (I mean I always use subtitles on shows).

Considering I can't hear half of anything and I can't see lips, my ability to correctly auditorily process things has CRASHED and obv creates communication issues (and leads into spatial issues with me, too). It's stressing my shift out (or at least making his life harder) and I can tell because he's treating me differently and getting angry with me all the time. Additionally, the longer I'm on reg (my shift so 4+ hours), it gets worse because I'm expending so much energy at attempting to process as hard as I can. I can't help it and I'm trying my hardest, but every shift for the last two weeks has left me extremely stressed, feeling worthless and useless at any part of my job, and emotionally exhausted and distraught.

Any tips?

tldr; masks suck and I have extreme issues auditorily processing anything and the more I do it, the worse it gets. I'm stressed, my shift is stressed. Help?