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White, S., & Dancer, J., & Burl, N. (1996). Speechreading and Speechreading Tests: A Survey of Rehabilitative Audiologists. American Annals of the Deaf, 141 (3), 236-239. Speechreading, also known as lipreading, is the comprehension of speech by watching the lips, facial and body gestures when a person is speaking. Speechreading has been a huge part of speech therapy. However, speechreading tests have failed to become widely accepted. Validity and reliability were difficult to accomplish. Currently, there have been more efforts to involve audiologists in speechreading training to jumpstart audiological rehabilitation via speechreading. In a new study, three imperative questions were asked of members of the Academy of Rehabilitative Audiology (ARA): 1) how important is speechreading in the rehabilitative process; 2) how valid and useful are current tests of speechreading; and, 3) are new speechreading tests needed within various age groups ranging from preschool to older adults?
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