Revised CID Everyday Sentence Lists were evaluated for list equivalency when received through speechreading. Results revealed that Harris's revised sentence lists cannot be considered equivalent on the basis of a +/- 10 percent criterion. Clinicians may find the sentences useful, however, for evaluation of training techniques with groups of…

The relationship of initial speechreading performance scores to final performance scores following shortterm training was determined for 30 normal-hearing, sighted adults. Results indicated a highly significant linear relationship between pre- and posttest scores. Ss with higher pretest scores tended to have a greater increase in performance than…

Results of a survey to document the character, extent, and effectiveness of Tadoma training (a means of teaching speechreading and speech production using vibrotactile information) and use in the United States and Canada are presented. (Author/CL)

The investigation assessed change in the speechreading performance of 33 young hearing impaired children over a period of 1 academic year. Pre- and posttesting with the Diagnostic Test of Speechreading revealed signficant improvement in speechreading scores for words and sentences, with no improvement evident for phrases. (Author)

This study examined the benefits of the combined used of a hearing aid and tactual aid to supplement lip-reading in the reception of speech and for the recognition of environmental sounds in an adult with profound hearing loss. Speech conditions included lip-reading alone (L), lip-reading + tactual aid (L+TA) lip-reading + hearing aid (L+HA) and…

Twenty normal-hearing, sighted subjects (ages 20-42) viewed soundless videotapes of a speaker reading lists from the two forms of the Utley Lipreading Test and three from Harris' revised Central Institute for the Deaf (CID) Everyday Sentences. Results do not support the interchange of Utley and CID sentences for test-retest comparisons of…

The investigation involving 30 normal hearing college juniors concerned the relation between speechreading performance and the ability to identify sequences of alphabet letters. Significant correlations occurred between fourth order words at a brief exposure duration (2 msecs.) and performance on a speechreading test. (Author/SB)

The development of the oral interpreter for speechreading assistance to deaf and hard of hearing individuals is reviewed; desired characteristics and skills are outlined (including attitudes, knowledge, and curriculum offerings); and a seven-item code of ethics developed by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf is presented. (CL)

Thirty-two normal-hearing adults rating their own lipreading performance produced self-ratings that did not correlate with actual performance. Experimental subjects who then received verbal encouragement subsequently gave themselves higher self-ratings of performance, even though actual lipreading performance did not improve. (JDD)

Goals and techniques for lipreading instruction with aurally handicapped adults are considered. (CL)

Sixth in a series of articles based on Parent Teacher Conferences held between 1966-69 in the Lower Department of Junior High School 47, New York City's Public School for the Deaf. The article suggests how parents of deaf children can assist their child in his process of learning to lipread. (Author/KW)

The speechreading performance of 50 adults (ages 20-69) with normal hearing and vision was evaluated. Findings indicated that females showed significantly higher speechreading scores than males, that females improved their performance significantly over the 2 trials (unlike males), and that females in their 30s had the best performance and males…

The performance of 17 prelingually severely and profoundly hearing-impaired subjects on the Speech Pattern Contrast Test (Version II) was evaluated. Although performance on most of the contrast subtests was significantly correlated with phoneme and word recognition, intercorrelations among most subtests were also significant. (Author/DB)

The study evaluated the importance to successful lipreading of a specific visual memory for mouth shape sequences in 23 hearing impaired children (11 to 16 years old) and 16 adults. Results suggested the use of sequence-memory training with articulatory shapes for lipreading instruction. (Author/SB)