lip reading

A technique for understanding unheard speech by interpreting the lip and facial movements of the speaker.

lip reader n.

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Noun

lip reader - someone who can understand spoken words by watching the movements of a speaker's lips

deaf person - a person with a severe auditory impairment

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A CHELSEA fan accused of racially abusing Raheem Sterling will not face prosecution following advice from a lip reader.

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Just swing the cameras at him and keep that Portuguese lip reader on speed dial.

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The Football Association (FA) used a lip reader and the 55-year-

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Rodriguez hired a lip reader and a QC to help him fight the case after protesting his innocence from the outset.

Rodriguez cleared of racial abuse charge after hearing

Confront Last night professional lip reader Tim Reedy revealed: "Firmino confronts Holgate, shouting some words at him, to which Holgate does not react.

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Thompson is also a skilled lip reader, which allows her to communicate with her coach between rounds.

Deaf fighter aims to stay unbeaten

Lip reader Larry Wenig tells 'Inside Edition' that Boehner asked President Obama - a longtime smoker who claims to have kicked the habit - if he'd had a chance to have a cigarette before the luncheon.

Michelle Obama rolls eyes at 'she won't let Obama smoke' joke

"Then he put his hand up to his ear as if he couldn't hear us, and was mouthing something at us, but I'm not a lip reader so I don't know what he was saying," she said.

Baillieu SNR flips nurses the bird

Kelleher was profoundly deaf and, over the years, became an exceptional lip reader, allowing her to cope within the hearing world.

Kathleen Kelleher

I've banged on about this at least once a season, so I won't go into it again, but if the accusation is found to be correct by UEFA (and watching the replay shows that you don't have to be a lip reader to see exactly what was said) they will have to deal with the Belgians very harshly if they don't want the press on their backs.

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