As I have gradually lost my hearing, I have learned to lip read without even realizing I was doing it. I can be looking at someone, understanding every word, and if I simply shut my eyes, if seems as if they are mumbling.
True fact! It’s hard to pay attention to what someone is saying when you’re trying hard to see them. I have the same problem if people are talking to me while they’re in front of a window with strong sunlight coming through so all I can see of them is a silhouette.
The high frequencies are the first to go. Consonants are made with the tongue against the teeth, so they’re higher pitched. Vowels are made deep in the throat; they’re lower pitched. So when you start losing your hearing, you hear people talking but they’re mumbling because pieces of the words are missing. “Hearing” becomes “ee..e”
Sight and hearing are actually linked in ways we’re just finding out. And it’s nothing to do with age or lip reading, but the way our minds are designed.
Templo S.U.D. about 10 years ago
And you can’t see without your hearing aids, can you, Opal?
hariseldon59 about 10 years ago
Maybe Opal is a lip reader.
Llewellenbruce about 10 years ago
When was the last time we saw Muffins sitin Earl’s lap?
LuvThemPluggers about 10 years ago
For some of us, this is very true: If we can’t see clearly (ie: no glasses) we can’t concentrate on the spoken word, either. Go figger..
Shawn Black Premium Member about 10 years ago
I could smell that one coming…
pelican47 about 10 years ago
Didn’t they used to make hearing aids built into horned rimmed eyeglasses?
dee everett about 10 years ago
That was my mother. She did the same thing.
Flossie Mud Duck about 10 years ago
I’m that way. It’s amazing how much we all lip read. Those of you with perfect vision just don’t realize it.
KEA about 10 years ago
Inverse Italian
alittlebirdie about 10 years ago
Opal is a lip reader. Who knew?
jeanie5448 about 10 years ago
haha, been there done that.
Retired Dude about 10 years ago
I once had a pair of glasses that my wife said were tasteless. I couldn’t wear them when I ate.
rilla7979 about 10 years ago
We actually all lip read, most people just don’t realize it until the hearing starts to go.
SallyLin about 10 years ago
This is so true!
jtviper7 about 10 years ago
Diane Lee Premium Member about 10 years ago
As I have gradually lost my hearing, I have learned to lip read without even realizing I was doing it. I can be looking at someone, understanding every word, and if I simply shut my eyes, if seems as if they are mumbling.
Angrboda Premium Member about 10 years ago
True fact! It’s hard to pay attention to what someone is saying when you’re trying hard to see them. I have the same problem if people are talking to me while they’re in front of a window with strong sunlight coming through so all I can see of them is a silhouette.
edbel1701 about 10 years ago
My Grandma had her hearing aid built into her glasses, so she quite literally couldn’t hear without them.
amaryllis2 Premium Member about 10 years ago
The high frequencies are the first to go. Consonants are made with the tongue against the teeth, so they’re higher pitched. Vowels are made deep in the throat; they’re lower pitched. So when you start losing your hearing, you hear people talking but they’re mumbling because pieces of the words are missing. “Hearing” becomes “ee..e”
erin.adamic Premium Member about 10 years ago
I think her eyesight isn’t the only thing that’s going …
Number Three about 10 years ago
Are her senses reversed?
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contralto2b about 10 years ago
YES!!!!
JP Steve Premium Member about 10 years ago
What? She’s scanning for the name with her Google glasses!
milady1 about 10 years ago
I totally have that problem too, Opal, and I’m much younger than you ;-)
TIMH about 10 years ago
Uh oh, Opal has been into the LSD again.
Mainer12 about 10 years ago
Sight and hearing are actually linked in ways we’re just finding out. And it’s nothing to do with age or lip reading, but the way our minds are designed.