lip-reading
Britishnoun
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We both have hearing aids and rely on lip-reading and have had to kind of navigate that.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
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
"I was very upset and angry, and because I was so emotionally charged I didn't voice at the time that he was lip-reading," she said.
From BBC ● Jun. 8, 2022
It said Cummings could communicate with her therapist using written notes, lip-reading or gesturing.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 28, 2022
I watch his mouth, lip-reading the Polish phrases he’s learned by rote.
From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen
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