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From: Jay.Croft@p0.f147.n109.z1.fidonet.org (Jay Croft)
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Subject: Re: Again, just some thoughts!
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Date: 25 Jan 91 16:48:36 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

In a few hours I am going to a meeting of about a dozen people.  There 
is NO WAY that you or I could lipread the fast conversation going around 
the table.  
  
I'll have a sign language interpreter there so that I can fully 
participate--not just listen and guess, but *participate.*
  
A study some years ago by the Lexington School for the Deaf in NYC found 
that lipreading is about 25% effective.  That's one word out of four!
  
Thje study also found that hearing people are better lip-readers than 
deaf people. Ergo, the schools are teaching lip-reading to the wrong 
people!
  
I am not against lip-reading and speech.  I use it every day.  But I 
know its limitations.
  
When I was in my early twenties I thought as you do.  Now that I am 
along in years, I look back and see what I missed.

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