lipread
Americanverb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
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Origin of lipread
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I don’t lipread, but I find myself looking to the speaker’s mouth for clues, and that seems to help.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
"But for a deaf person in such a stressful situation it was very difficult to lipread, despite their efforts," she said.
From BBC ● Apr. 2, 2023
The umpire can lipread through masks, it appears, or read eyes.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 24, 2022
Just about everyone, regardless of hearing ability, picks up information from seeing others’ faces, and most people lipread to some degree.
From Slate ● May 12, 2020
He is well sketched by the author, and one impudent touch is superb: Mannix has a deaf son, she relates, and thus has learned to lipread.
From Time Magazine Archive
Last month at the Golden Globes, the singer and friend Selena Gomez were caught on camera talking and fans all over the internet were lipreading their conversation.
From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2024
They communicated with hospital staff primarily through writing and lipreading.
From The Verge ● Jan. 29, 2021
Some have pointed to masks with transparent windows to make communication easier for people who depend on lipreading and facial expressions.
From The Verge ● Jan. 29, 2021
Hearing people, usually well-meaning acquaintances, are quick to send me articles they’ve seen on Facebook about clear masks designed to help with lipreading.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 16, 2020
Now, her hearing isn’t entirely gone—in fact, she can have a whole verbal conversation with a hearing person by combining her lipreading skills with the sound that’s amplified through her hearing aids.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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