Submitted by Beth Wilson, RI SHHH
Lipreading Reality
nLipreading is only successful when
uthe speaker
never moves
uall the words
are known
uthe words are
predictable
n
nOnly 1/3 of speech is
visible on the lips
An “expert” lipreader is guessing at 66% of what is
said!
nLipreading
is critical to understanding
nLipreading
is a tool that helps
nLipreading
cannot be the only accommodation