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speechreading
[ speech-ree-ding ]
noun
- the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with hearing loss.
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Origin of speechreading1
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Speechreading, signing, speaking, acquiring language are all skills, like playing the piano.
From New York Times
Some use the Tadoma Speechreading Method to perceive speech by touching the lips of another person as they talk.
From Scientific American
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