I always thought I was pretty darn good at lipreading because if someone covers their lips or I can't see their lips, I just can't make out what they are saying, even with my HA cranked up. However, since my hearing is declining (am now borderline profoundly deaf they say), I realize that even with lips in eyesight, I don't do it that well. But it does help me some, HA helps me still some. Time to take another Sign language course....