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lip-reading
noun
- a method used by deaf people to comprehend spoken words by interpreting movements of the speaker's lips Also calledspeech-reading
Derived Forms
- ˈlip-ˌreader, noun
Example Sentences
That's what The Twilight Saga: Eclipse sounds like when it's up to the clever Bad Lip Reading folks.
In the early 80s, oralism (an educational technique with heavy emphasis on lip-reading and speech) was quite popular.
You might change your mind after watching this hysterical lip-reading of New Moon.
Beneath a light in the hall Gard told the deaf girl of the situation, for lip reading needs light.
My progress in lip-reading and speech was not what my teachers and I had hoped and expected it would be.
Mamise wished that she had studied lip-reading to get the details.
In the oral method articulation and lip-reading are chiefly relied upon; reading and writing are also adopted.
Lip-reading is, to the deaf, sign-reading with the disadvantage of being both microscopic and partially hidden.
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