How does one improve lip-reading?

Question

How would someone who isn't deaf go about learning to speech read (lip read) besides watching people's lips while listening and occasionally putting the TV on mute to see progress (which has been working..) ?

I've been doing this over a few years.. i have made some good progress, and it is really fun.

Answer 1

You might've already thought of this, but do you put the caption on when you're watching TV? It usually lags behind by a couple of seconds, so you can constantly check to see if you understood what they were saying.

Answer 2

Its very difficult to become very good at lip reading. Even those who are really good at it can generally only get a fraction of the words spoken and must piecemeal the rest of the conversation together from the contextual clues they've picked up so far. Despite popular belief, most deaf people do not excel at lip reading. True, many will make a sincere effort at it, but many are not able to garner much use out of task. I am not deaf, but I have tried it myself, and I find it very difficult, but then again, I'm not a visual learner at all, and most things requiring significant visual skills are very difficult for me.

Answer 3

hi,
As You already know two best ways to learn lip-reading i think it will not be too difficult for you to be an expert in that.

I think the best way to learn a thing is to that in practise. As you might have heard if you want to speak any language fluently then you must speak that language first. Same goes with this one. Put it into practise try to talk without voice and tell someone to help you in this and talk to you like that. That will be a fun filled training to learn LIP READING.

Answer 4

some friends of mine can converse with lip movements alone. their movements are slow, careful, and they seem to understand all.

I suppose if you engage this kind of activity should help improve your abilities at natural speed.