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Quiz about Read My Lips
Quiz about Read My Lips

Read My Lips Trivia Quiz


Lipreading is one of the ways in which people who are deaf or hard of hearing communicate. See how much you know about it.

A multiple-choice quiz by Ilona_Ritter. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
Ilona_Ritter
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
359,344
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
7 / 10
Plays
594
Last 3 plays: Guest 8 (6/10), Guest 208 (7/10), Guest 184 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which of the following is another name for lip reading? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which of the following words looks different to the others when lip read? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Lip reading can be used in criminal investigations.


Question 4 of 10
4. Which of these is NOT something you should do to help a person read your lips? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. All deaf people can read lips.


Question 6 of 10
6. What is a homophene? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which of the following can be a problem for a lip reader? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Another thing that helps lip readers is context. What is context? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. How much of consonant sounds is visible in lipreading? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In what century did lip reading first appear as far as we know from history records? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which of the following is another name for lip reading?

Answer: Speech reading

Lip reading is a way to communicate by "reading" the lips, face and tongue of the person who is speaking. It is not easy to do and not the most effective way to communicate but with other cues it can aid in communication.
2. Which of the following words looks different to the others when lip read?

Answer: Dog

Look in a mirror and you'll see that the words "hat", "cat" and "sat" are mouthed the same way. Because of this, facial expressions and body language are also important visual cues to a lip reader.
3. Lip reading can be used in criminal investigations.

Answer: True

Lip readers who are really skilled can be used to read the lips of a person on tape. A transcript of what was said is admissable as evidence in a trial.
4. Which of these is NOT something you should do to help a person read your lips?

Answer: Speak really fast

If you speak too fast or too slow a person will not be able to read your lips easily. You should speak as you normally do and use facial expressions.
5. All deaf people can read lips.

Answer: False

Lip reading is very difficult to do, and only about 30-40% of our words are readily readable. As stated earlier, many words (e.g pail, bail and mail) look the same when formed by the mouth.
6. What is a homophene?

Answer: Two words that look the same on the lips

Alexander Graham Bell coined the word homophene. Examples of a homophene are bat, mat and pat. If you mouth these three words you will see they look the same. All homophones are homophenes; however the reverse is not true.
7. Which of the following can be a problem for a lip reader?

Answer: All can be problems

Most people speak about 13 sounds a second, but a lip reader usually can only read about 8 words a second, making lip reading very difficult. People from different areas pronounce words differently therefore, the word may look different when the lip reader reads it. Often when a person has a mustache the lip reader can not fully see the lips to read them.
8. Another thing that helps lip readers is context. What is context?

Answer: The situation in which the word is being used

"It's raining" looks the same as "He's writing". However, if the conversation is about weather "He's writing" would not make sense. Therefore, context is very important in understanding lip reading.
9. How much of consonant sounds is visible in lipreading?

Answer: Around 2/5

There are 25 consonant sounds in the American English language. Of these, there are only 9 visual movements that appear different enough to distinguish one from the other.
10. In what century did lip reading first appear as far as we know from history records?

Answer: 16th century

While there was not much in the way of education for the deaf or hard of hearing back in the 16th century, there were people who learned to lipread. Part of the reason for this was they didn't want people to talk different from the other people in the area.
Source: Author Ilona_Ritter

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