verb

• (of a deaf person) understand speech from observing a speaker's lip movements.

  ‘the deaf child was taught to speak and lip-read’

  More example sentences

  • ‘she could lip-read commands from her instructor’
  • ‘most teachers of the deaf favour lip-reading over sign language’
  • ‘He had no idea what was being said because it was dark and he couldn't lip-read, and he was being spoken to in Hindi, which he couldn't understand.’
  • ‘But throughout his arrest and trial, Ian was left unable to communicate as he could not lip-read Hindi or read Hindi documents and no interpreter was provided.’
  • ‘It was as if he was lip-reading while he listened, making sure nothing went unheard.’
  • ‘The trick was to keep her eyes on his lips, so she could maybe lip-read what he said too softly to hear.’
  • ‘Instead, she wants her daughter to lip-read and speak.’
  • ‘Although the effectiveness of cochlear implants varies, they do restore some useful hearing that can enhance lip-reading and sometimes provide a good level of speech understanding, sufficient for conversing by telephone.’
  • ‘For people who have experienced hearing loss at a later age, lip-reading (watching a person's mouth movements to understand what they are saying) is a very useful tool.’
  • ‘If she could have lip-read I think she would have understood!’
  • ‘She has 20% hearing in her left ear and 80% in her right, but this is barely perceptible because her speech is unaffected and she lip-reads (she does not use a hearing aid).’
  • ‘She lip-reads, and at home little Elliott often helps with his finger spelling when his mum cannot make out a consonant.’
  • ‘Community supports are also provided including sign language classes and lip-reading to improve communication skills.’
  • ‘Katie's hearing began to deteriorate in 1997 and she had to rely on hearing aids and lip-reading.’
  • ‘Karen was born hearing impaired and learned to lip-read but, after her hearing failed completely in October 2002, she decided to have the operation when she discovered she was eligible for treatment.’
  • ‘The reality is that she will learn to lip-read and it is up to the people around her to try to understand how to speak.’
  • ‘We have worked with women in the past who could lip-read but no-one who could sign.’
  • ‘In addition, if I was talking to someone who couldn't sign, I would have to lip-read and that can be very difficult.’
  • ‘‘Sorry,’ I slipped into the seat next to Greg, ‘I'm not so good at lip-reading.’’
  • ‘He's talking to her, and from what I can tell from my knowledge in lip-reading, it's something about the dishwasher.’
  • ‘Speak slowly and face the swimmer when giving instructions to facilitate lip-reading.’
  • ‘And lip-reading classes will teach people who are hard of hearing how to read lip patterns in order to better understand the words being said.’