When you are learning how to read lips, it can be helpful to know which sounds look alike.

Sometimes you don’t hear a word because of background noise, but you do see it.

If you know which sounds look alike, you can do a quick substitution in your mind when the first thing you see doesn’t make sense.

B and M look like. Try substituting a B for the M in the exercise below.

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