Speech Reading

AlauraBorealis

AlauraBorealis

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How many people rely on speech reading? It's something I don't realize I rely so heavily on until I can't see someone's mouth. I wear my HAs to school and being a grad student most of my classes are small groups so I don't typically have too much of a problem. But if I'm somewhere that I know is going to be loud, I don't wear my HAs and like last night I'm chatting with friends, all hearing they know I'm HOH and they kept turning, I kept having to ask "what?" and It's embarrassing and frustrating! It was too loud in the bar for me to hear them at all and with out leaning in so close that my ear was practically touching their mouths I had to see their mouths to know what they were saying. I was just curious as to how many other people have this frustrating problem.
 
AlauraBorealis said:
How many people rely on speech reading? It's something I don't realize I rely so heavily on until I can't see someone's mouth. I wear my HAs to school and being a grad student most of my classes are small groups so I don't typically have too much of a problem. But if I'm somewhere that I know is going to be loud, I don't wear my HAs and like last night I'm chatting with friends, all hearing they know I'm HOH and they kept turning, I kept having to ask "what?" and It's embarrassing and frustrating! It was too loud in the bar for me to hear them at all and with out leaning in so close that my ear was practically touching their mouths I had to see their mouths to know what they were saying. I was just curious as to how many other people have this frustrating problem.
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If your hearing friends keep turning their heads knowing full well that you are Hard of Hearing. Then that indicated that they are drunk and did not pay much attention to your need for you to lipread them. They are being rude.

Don't you have any lipreading skill like this? Also what about pen and papers for the hearing person to jot or write down what they want to talk to you about. It help you to understand where there is loud noises or music making so loud that you could not understand without lipreading. Maybe you can gesture to them on what you are trying to say. Do you know that hearing people in the loud environment in the bar can be easily lose their hearing, too.

Just use pen and paper, period. :cool2:
 
AlauraBorealis said:
How many people rely on speech reading? It's something I don't realize I rely so heavily on until I can't see someone's mouth. I wear my HAs to school and being a grad student most of my classes are small groups so I don't typically have too much of a problem. But if I'm somewhere that I know is going to be loud, I don't wear my HAs and like last night I'm chatting with friends, all hearing they know I'm HOH and they kept turning, I kept having to ask "what?" and It's embarrassing and frustrating! It was too loud in the bar for me to hear them at all and with out leaning in so close that my ear was practically touching their mouths I had to see their mouths to know what they were saying. I was just curious as to how many other people have this frustrating problem.
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Yep. Imagine the fun I had with all my surgeries and everyone insisted on talking to me with a mask covering their face....

Laura
 
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One of the main reasons I don't like going to the dentist either.
 
In my younger years I was able to read lips fluently and surprised many people that I could read what they were saying, I ended up going to a really rough highschool so I kind of shy'd away from it, and would really love to be able to do that again. I still rely on it, as I cant hear all sounds so the movements fill me in on what I miss, but they have to face me .
 
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