by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: Is there anywhere on the web, or a resource that you could direct me to, where I can learn to improve my lip reading skills? The real secret to becoming better at speechreading (lip reading is the older term) is to always “stare” at the person […]
Speechreading
The Benefits of Hearing and Speechreading Together
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. One lady asked, I was wondering if it is possible to speech read what people are saying if you can’t hear them at all? I am finding that if I can hear them even a little bit, I can speech read a lot of what they are saying. but […]
Speechreading Difficulties
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady wrote: My hearing has decreased considerably these past few years. I ordered your “Seeing and Hearing Speech” CD recently to help me understand conversations better. I have been trying to read peoples’ lips for some time now and the lessons are helping, although I am still on […]
Learning to Speechread
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A man asked: I would like to know what you have to say about how to learn speechreading. Is there a particular technique? Is there a book? Speechreading is an excellent coping strategy, however, you can’t really learn to speechread from a book. You need to see people’s lips in action. […]
Lipreading vs. Speechreading
by Neil Bauman, Ph.D. A lady asked: Is there any difference between lipreading and speechreading? Yes and no. How’s that for an answer? Technically, lipreading is watching the lips to extract whatever speech information you can, while speechreading is watching the lips, tongue, teeth, cheeks, eyes, facial expressions, gestures, body language and anything […]
Sources of Learning to Speechread
Gives three sources for learning to speechread–classes, CD, and video tapes.