Lipreading
Cued Speech
Lipreading can be easy if you add the cues! Cued speech helps deaf people see what you’re saying. It’s a manual system of 8 handshapes in 4 positions near the mouth which completely clarify the lip-patterns of your speech and it is quick and comparatively easy to learn. It turns your spoken language (English and many other languages) into a visual language. Research shows that with Cued Speech 96% of English can be accurately lip-read. You can help your deaf baby or child see the whole of the English language as clearly as hearing people can hear it.
Lip Reading
Lip reading is a vital communication skill for many people with hearing loss. It’s the ability to recognise the lip shapes, gestures, and facial movements of a person when they are speaking, to gain a better understanding of what they are saying. We all lip read and watch a person’s facial expressions without realising it, especially in noisy situations. Becoming a good lip reader requires skill, concentration, and a great deal of practice. Many words look similar on the lips, it’s easy to mistake ‘biscuits’ for ‘big kiss’ for example. A good lip reading teacher will help you to tell the differences between words.