When looking at speech reading for persons who are deaf, we can conclude that
A) the great majority of deaf people use speech reading as their primary means of gathering information.
B) successful speech reading requires sophisticated language knowledge.
C) the greater the hearing loss, the more efficient the deaf person will be at speech reading.
D) deaf people are born with a compensatory vision sense that enhances speech reading.
E) deaf people speech read far better than hearing people.

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Successful speech reading, also known as lip reading, demands a strong understanding of the language being spoken. This is because speech reading involves interpreting the movements of the lips, face, and sometimes even the tongue and teeth, to understand speech without hearing it. A sophisticated knowledge of the language helps in filling in the gaps, as only a portion of speech sounds are visible on the lips.

When Looking at Speech Reading for Persons Who Are Deaf