speechreading

speechreading
/speech"ree'ding/, 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.
[1890-95; SPEECH + READ1 + -ING1]

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