lip reading
Well I am profoundly deaf , can't even hear the sound of my own voice, happened 7 years ago...you both are correct it is very hard to teach and learn...I the very early years of working with the deaf children were made to stand in front of mirrors for hrs while the parent or teacher said the word and then squished the poor kids face into a posisition ,,they thought would magically let then say it...OMG....I can tell you I speak perfectly so when i lost my hearing I had a head start to lip reading..I usually stand very close to the person speaking,,(laughing usually freaking them out) but I can stand and watch a conversation now and by picking up words, start to fet involved in that conversation without theose ppl even knowing im deaf,,they usually think I am faking..yeah right..I stuck pencils in my ears...geez...It is much harder I know for a child to learn to lip read and some don;t....Midnight♥