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lip reading
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reading /read·ing/ (rēd´ing) understanding of written or printed symbols representing words.
lip reading , speech reading understanding of speech through observation of the speaker's lip movements.

lip reading.
reading [rēd´ing]
understanding of written or printed symbols representing words.
lip reading (speech reading) understanding of speech through observation of the speaker's lip movements.


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Jo Hobbs, tutor for deaf students, said: "Learning to lipread can help people to communicate better, regain confidence and make new friends.
The phrase which comes out of Phillips's mouth, easily lipread, is not the sort of thing you'd have heard from Hugh Skully, Compo, Clegg or Foggy.
Christmas had been a muted family affair around the bedside of the trainer, who has had a tracheotomy - "I can't lipread, but my daughters seem very good at it," said Alner.
 
 
 
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