Speechreading: A Way To Improve Understanding [Paperback]

Harriet Kaplan (Author), Carol Garretson (Contributor), Scott Bally (Contributor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1985 | ISBN-10: 0930323327 | ISBN-13: 978-0930323325 | Edition: 1

"This book is a must for your office, for your clients, and for all public libraries."--Feedback"Unlike other consumer-oriented books on speechreading, this one not only focuses on practice exercises, but it also informs about the speechreading process and strategies to compensate for hearing loss . . . . This book could best be used by the professional as a client workbook to answer questions for hearing-impaired adults. It could also be beneficial to the hearing-impaired individual and his family members who are unable to enroll in therapy."--Ear and HearingSpeechreading: 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.The three authors are all members of the Gallaudet University faculty--Harriet Kaplan is Associate Professor and Scott J. Bally is Assistant Professor in the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, and Carol Garretson is former Assistant Professor in the Department of Communication Arts.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 148 pages
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press; 1 edition (June 1, 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930323327
• ISBN-13: 978-0930323325
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #782,066 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Improve your ability to read lips, Oral Method, January 6, 2004

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Emily "Emily" (pittsburgh pa usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speechreading: A Way To Improve Understanding (Paperback)

This book is intended to help in Oral Transliteration. I read this text for an OT course several years ago, and I still find myself using some of the principles regularly. This book, I am sure, would help in any OT professional use or OT certification. I never had a chance to take that certification exam, but I bet it wouldn't hurt.

I feel that it would help anyone who communicates with someone who is hard of hearing or deaf (who DOES NOT use any kind of signed language). It gives all kinds of tips about gestures and rephrasing, using key words. Say a friend is going deaf, and you notice they aren't understanding you as well as before, this book could help you. A member of my family has lost much of his hearing, and I use some of the tips in this book to help him understand me.

There are tons of exercises in the back- but they require having a partner who can read (without voicing) the sentences, so you pick up on how to speechread them.

I also have found myself out somewhere, speechreading people across the room. Speechreading is difficult and requires hours of practice. For so many people, this is how they get their information, by "reading lips". It amazing how much they have to concentrate and pay attention. The (deaf) man who taught my Speechreading course, read the lips of his professors for a bachelor and master's degree, without the help of a transliterator. Amazing! I have much respect for the speechreaders out there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It has great activities for working with anyone, January 12, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: Speechreading: A Way To Improve Understanding (Paperback)

I've used this book for over 10 years with my students (both who are oral and who use sign language) who want to improve their ability to interact with hearing communication partners. A great book!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent resource!!, March 26, 2002

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Samuel Cappiello (Rochester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Speechreading: A Way To Improve Understanding (Paperback)

Subject presented concisely...easy to understand. Simple.

Offers relevant information on a variety of approaches to speechreading. Details the benefits of each method and outlines factors crucial to successful communication.

Highly recommended. Superb resource for those training to work as oral transliterators and recommended reading for those preparing for certification!