lipreading

[ lip-ree-ding ]

/ ˈlɪpˌri dɪŋ /

the reading or understanding, as by a deaf person, of spoken words from the movements of another's lips without hearing the sounds made.

Compare speechreading.

Origin of lipreading

First recorded in 1870–75; lipread + -ing¹

lipread

[ lip-reed ]

/ ˈlɪpˌrid /

to understand spoken words by interpreting the movements of a speaker's lips without hearing the sounds made.

to use lipreading.

Compare speechread.

First recorded in 1890–95; lip + read¹

lip·read·er, noun

In the early 80s, oralism (an educational technique with heavy emphasis on lip-reading and speech) was quite popular.

This Is What It Is Like To Be Deaf From Birth |Quora Contributor |December 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The powerful influence of environment in those schools is against the acquisition of the speech and lip-reading habit.

What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know |John Dutton Wright
My progress in lip-reading and speech was not what my teachers and I had hoped and expected it would be.

Story of My Life |Helen Keller
The misfortunes of the deaf and dumb are greatly lessened by the substitution of lip-reading for other modes of conversation.

The Galaxy, June 1877 |Various

In the oral method articulation and lip-reading are chiefly relied upon; reading and writing are also adopted.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 |Various
Lip-reading is, to the deaf, sign-reading with the disadvantage of being both microscopic and partially hidden.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 |Various

lip-reading

a method used by deaf people to comprehend spoken words by interpreting movements of the speaker's lips Also called: speech-reading

lip-reader, noun