[stylist] reading lips

[LoriStay at aol.com]

If a deaf person has had early education as a hearing person learning 
spoken language, and proceeds to lose her hearing, then reading lips is an 
alternative.   If not, she can still learn, but it is much harder.   Have had some 
discussions with the hard of hearing / deaf on this subject.

When I am in a noisy place, and the person I'm talking to covers her lips, 
I have trouble figuring out what she is saying.   Recently, a woman with her 
top teeth lacking and I were talking, and I could barely understand her, 
though when we were in a quiet place, I had no trouble.   But I am a hearing 
person, with perhaps a touch of a problem.

A profoundly deaf person may read lips, and she may not.   It's not easy at 
the best of times. So the answer is, most deaf persons probably don't read 
lips, though some can.
Lori

In a message dated 11/16/09 12:32:23 PM, jbron at optonline.net writes:


> Don't many deaf people read lips?  I've communicated with many deaf 
> people
> because they read lips. 
>