Context plays a vital role in lip reading. Knowing the topic, setting, what just happened, and what is about to happen will help you to anticipate what others are saying.
Try it out in this video below!
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Originally Posted: August 9, 2025
Sandra Vandenhoff
Dr. Sandra Vandenhoff is an audiologist with hearing loss, founder of HEARa, Hearing Rehabilitation teacher, and Canadian author, who does not remember saying on her first day of wearing hearing aids: "Mom, I can hear my shoelaces!"