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speech•read•ing
Pronunciation: (spēch'rē"ding), [key]—
n.
the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used esp. by people with impaired hearing. Cf.
lip reading. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.