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[โ€“] idunnololz@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I've always wondered if reading lips is like something that comes naturally to people or is it mostly something learned. Also how good can you get at it? Is 80-90% accuracy attainable? Is it only the mouth movement necessary to read lips or do you need the whole face?

[โ€“] LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

My stepfather went entirely deaf in one ear in during a welding accident. He is able to read lips REALLY well.

My mom isn't deaf at all, but she can read lips pretty good. She used to be a speech therapist for young children, so I assume her study of what the mouth looks like when making certain sounds is the cause of her lip-reading skills.

I've tried learning to read lips and I just can't. I feel like I'd need to be deaf myself in order to learn how to do it.