lip-reading
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It also left Lacey relying on lip-reading or worrying she'd need her mum around to help her.
From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024
That particular clip, which was interpreted by fans as Lopez telling her husband to behave, sent the internet into a lip-reading spiral.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2023
Years of speech lessons and lip-reading practice forced Ross, who is Deaf, to conform to a society that favors sound.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2022
And oh yeah, stop presenting lip-reading as easy.
From Salon • Aug. 3, 2022
Sosie had played her part, being the smiling, plucky, don’t-worry-about-me, lip-reading Pollyanna.
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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