About lipreading

lipreading class Lipreading – or speechreading as it is sometimes called – involves watching the movement of the speaker’s lips, teeth, tongue and jaw to recognise sounds that may be difficult to hear with a hearing loss.

But only about 30% of sounds can be clearly seen on the mouth – so nobody can lipread perfectly. Lipreaders use other clues to help them, such as observing facial expression and body language, and using anticipation, knowledge of language and context to help fill in the gaps.

How will a lipreading class help?

Most people lipread to a certain extent– even those with good hearing – and people who develop a gradual hearing loss have often started unconsciously to pay more attention to watching the speaker’s mouth.

At a lipreading class, you will build on any existing ability you have by being taught how to identify the more visible lip shapes, how to distinguish them from different shapes and how to be aware of which sounds might look similar (e.g. ‘f’ looks like ‘v’ – try saying ‘fan’ and ‘van’ in the mirror).

You will also be taught how to use facial expression and context to help you make sense of what you see on the lips and to understand the overall meaning of what people are saying. You will learn communication strategies to help support lipreading and residual hearing, and you will be shown how to manipulate your environment to maximise your lipreading and use of residual hearing.

As well as improving your lipreading skills, a class will also give you information on any new equipment that might help you, e.g. for the telephone or television, and keep you up to date with any developments that could be of benefit for those with a hearing loss.

The lipreading class provides an ideal situation, not just to practise your lipreading skills, but also to develop your confidence in coping with your hearing loss. It also gives you an opportunity to exchange experiences and information and with those who share the same challenges in everyday life, making it a really supportive and stress-free learning environment.





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