Lip-Reading Principles and Practise: A Hand-Book for Teachers and for Self Instruction

Learn to unlock spoken language with your eyes and practice that can substitute for hearing. This practical guide teaches lip-reading as a learned skill for the hard-of-hearing, with emphasis on eye training, rapid perception, and mind-driven interpretation of lip movements. The book is organized to help you study at home or with guidance. It explains how lip-reading can supplement or replace hearing for understanding speech, and it outlines a two-part approach: explanation and guided practice, followed by ready-to-use materials and exercises. The content covers ways to use stories, conversations, and daily practice to build skill, with clear steps and gradual progression.How to observe and interpret mouth movements to recognize words and sentencesStructured practice with conversations, stories, and daily routinesPrograms and exercises that build speed and accuracy in lip-readingWord lists and exercises focused on homopheneous words to sharpen discriminationIdeal for readers seeking a practical, self-guided path to lip-reading improvement and a clearer route to understanding spoken language. Read more