In this Book
- Speechreading: A Way to Improve Understanding
- Book
- 1987
- Published by: Gallaudet University Press
summary
Speechreading: A Way to Improve Understanding discusses the nature and process of speechreading, its benefits, and its limitations. This useful book clarifies commonly-held misconceptions about speechreading. The beginning chapters address difficult communication situations and problems related to the speaker, the speechreader, and the environment. It then offers strategies to manage them.
Speechreading provides practical exercises illustrating the use of these communication strategies in actual situations. It is an excellent book for late-deafened adults, families and friends, parents of children with hearing loss, and professionals and students.
Table of Contents
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- Acknowledgments
- p. vii
- Introduction
- pp. ix-xiii
- 2. Limitations of Speechreading
- pp. 8-14
- 3. Visibility and Homopheneity
- pp. 15-19
- 4. Communication Strategies
- pp. 20-35
- 6. Speechreading Tests and Methods
- pp. 90-100
- 7. Speechreading Exercises
- pp. 101-140
- References
- pp. 141-143
- Additional Readings
- pp. 143-144
Additional Information
ISBN
9781563681806
Related ISBN(s)
9780930323325
MARC Record
OCLC
794700904
Pages
152
Launched on MUSE
2012-02-08
Language
English
Open Access
No