Complete lipreading lessons on VHS videotape and DVD, with handbook and score cards
WELCOME!
Do you have difficulty hearing people clearly? If so, READ MY LIPS! can help.
DISCOVER YOUR HIDDEN TALENT by allowing your brain to develop the natural ability to help you use your eyes to understand more spoken words.
This program has been used by leading hearing professionals, universities, hospitals,and government agencies since 1987, and is now available to you, directly from our laboratory.
With the high frequency hearing loss, which is common in hearing loss due to aging and noise exposure, certain sounds are easily obscured by background noise.
The voiceless consonants /p/, /s/, /sh/, /ch/, /f/, /t/, /k/, and /h/, all fall into that category. Many of these sounds are revealed by some movement of the lips. Through practice and positive reinforcement with the Read My Lips! tapes the eyes and brain learn to work together to fill in those sounds in conversation that the ear cannot hear.
This program is designed to train your eyes to recognize the subtle movements of the lips, face, and body ( altogether known as speechreading) helping those with hearing difficulty understand more spoken words. Studying at your own pace, this complete practice set starts easy and gets more difficult as you move through the series.
You start with basic words and work up to phrases and multiple sentences. 1,280 different presentations in over 120 subjects, using 38 different actors of all ages (and facial features) provide real-life variety, so what you study is what you will encounter in everyday life. Shot in many locations, the only difference between our program and real life is, we give you the answers! (after a short pause as a subtitle - no decoder required)
STAY CONNECTED! If you are currently taking speechreading lessons, use READ MY LIPS! to strengthen your skills. Study in the privacy and convenience of your home, or in the supportive atmosphere of a group. If you are unable to study speechreading professionally, the READ MY LIPS! series will give you the practice and experience you need to confidently keep up with the conversations around you.
HEARING AIDS AND SPEECHREADING Those who use a hearing aid are all too familiar with the fact that a hearing aid does not restore normal hearing. Use of speechreading will enhance the effectiveness of a hearing aid, providing the ability to hear and understand in a way that neither can do alone. The series is appropriate for those with slight, moderate, or severe hearing loss.
A relatively small percentage of the people with hearing impairment in the United States have a profound hearing loss. Most can be benefited significantly with a hearing aid, and many encounter only periodic difficulty hearing and understanding speech.
With the advent of the modern hearing aid, a great deal of improvement has been made with the fidelity of sound. Indeed, many hearing aid companies advertise the clarity of their particular hearing instuments. The development of these hearing devices is nothing short of miraculous.
As good as hearing aids have or will become, however, they are still a mechanical device coupled to an imperfect system. An ear that has been damaged by disease or trauma has a fidelity all its own to be considered.
If certain frequencies in the hearing spectrum are significantly outside of normal limits, and the ability of the ear to transmit sound is affected, the finest of hearing aids cannot deliver an undistorted sound to the brain. Even the finest of hearing aids just cannot keep the hearing impaired population from having regular difficulty understanding speech.
SPEECHREADING IN CONJUNCTION WITH A HEARING AID CAN DO WHAT NEITHER CAN DO ALONE.
