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Old 04-10-2008, 09:00 PM   #211 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Etoile View Post
Tadoma is when a deaf-blind person puts their hand on a speaking person's lips, cheek, neck, and throat. It is kind of like "tactile lipreading" - feeling the shape of the mouth and movements of the inner speech organs.

It looks like this:


A real life picture:


It is not very common, I was just joking about that's what people are doing when they get close to you.
Somehow I missed this post. Thanks for explanation. I had an idea it was something like that but had never heard the name for it.

Yes I realise you were joking...lol
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