One of the topics that caught my eye was the section about reading lips in the chapter of "See What I'm Saying". I thought it was amazing to read about how we exactly read lips. It was interesting to find out though sometimes people even who are not deaf and can hear will still read lips when it might be loud somewhere are they are trying to talk low, but it does not always work. It reminds me of the time at my job, I am a nurses assistant in a hospital near me, and I had to take care of a patient who was deaf. There was a sign language interpreter especially to help me understand what the patient wanted or needed, but they could understand me by reading my lips. When finding this out, I tried to do the experiment myself by lip reading throughout the day, but it did not go well at all. I could barely understand anything when just trying to focus on reading lips. I have also done some research finding out it actually takes practice reading lips it is not something that everyone can do. I am probably not the best at it because I never think about just trying to really understand what someone is saying by reading their lips, I just do not think about it and just let my ears do the work. I have linked a video about how it is actually pretty hard to learn to lip read even when deaf because of the different ways people talk.
I tried doing what you did and I'm not very good at lip reading at all. I had a hard time focusing. It's amazing how this stuff can help us communicate.
I really enjoyed that video and am so glad that you shared it. I took two years of American Sign Language in high school. My teacher was hard of hearing, so she learned sign language. Because her hearing was impaired, she understood us by reading our lips. I remember we spent a whole class period on practicing reading lips and trying to understand someone who talks fast or uses their hands a lot. I realized how important it is to not cover you mouth when you talk to people. Covering your mouth can make it difficult for others to understand what you are saying if they are relying on lip reading. I was not good at lip reading. I was only able to catch bits and pieces of what people said.
This topic is very cool and important. As a substitute teacher, I sometimes get paired with students with severe speech impediments or other processing deficiencies. I always find it useful to look at their mouth when they are trying to talk to me, it makes it easier to decipher what they are trying to tell you. I guess this can be seen as a form of lip reading. Interesting post and video!
I enjoyed reading your post and watching the video you provided along with it. I too am not good at reading lips, I can only read single words off of peoples lips, not full phrases. I do believe it is something you would have to work on to become exceptionally well at, but I also tend to look people in the eyes when I converse with them, I never look at their lips. This could be the reason why I am not good at reading lips because I never look anywhere but their eyes. I always felt if I was looking at peoples mouths they would notice and feel self conscious, so I always try to make eye contact instead. Great post and it is definitely something I would love to continue to work on because people are always mouthing words to me and I hate that I always look confused and have to ask them to actually tell me what they are saying.
I tried doing what you did and I'm not very good at lip reading at all. I had a hard time focusing. It's amazing how this stuff can help us communicate.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed that video and am so glad that you shared it. I took two years of American Sign Language in high school. My teacher was hard of hearing, so she learned sign language. Because her hearing was impaired, she understood us by reading our lips. I remember we spent a whole class period on practicing reading lips and trying to understand someone who talks fast or uses their hands a lot. I realized how important it is to not cover you mouth when you talk to people. Covering your mouth can make it difficult for others to understand what you are saying if they are relying on lip reading. I was not good at lip reading. I was only able to catch bits and pieces of what people said.
ReplyDeleteThis topic is very cool and important. As a substitute teacher, I sometimes get paired with students with severe speech impediments or other processing deficiencies. I always find it useful to look at their mouth when they are trying to talk to me, it makes it easier to decipher what they are trying to tell you. I guess this can be seen as a form of lip reading. Interesting post and video!
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your post and watching the video you provided along with it. I too am not good at reading lips, I can only read single words off of peoples lips, not full phrases. I do believe it is something you would have to work on to become exceptionally well at, but I also tend to look people in the eyes when I converse with them, I never look at their lips. This could be the reason why I am not good at reading lips because I never look anywhere but their eyes. I always felt if I was looking at peoples mouths they would notice and feel self conscious, so I always try to make eye contact instead. Great post and it is definitely something I would love to continue to work on because people are always mouthing words to me and I hate that I always look confused and have to ask them to actually tell me what they are saying.
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