(July 18, 2020 at 4:51 pm)Little lunch Wrote: I knew a non-deaf guy who could read the orders that people were giving to the waitress from 15 metres away.
He was so reliable that we would start the orders before she came and told us.
To be fair though, he only has to decipher which words are being said from the menu.
It makes some sense with such a limited number of words.
Lip reading is complicated by many things. Different accents and unfamiliar regional word usage can make it difficult. And the sight line needs to be clear. If the view of the mouth is obscured by things like a drink or simply turning the head for a moment the ability to effectively lip read is diminished.
I'm your huckleberry.
