by Chelle Wyatt | Dec 18, 2025 | ASR (Automatic Speech Recognition), Communication Practices, Emotions, hearing loss, Hearing Loss, Limits for hearing loss, Lipreading, Self Advocacy
We talk about “Monkey Mind” in our Lipreading Strategies class but not everyone understands it so let me ask you…have you noticed that the more upset you become, the harder it is to hear? Then, the harder you try the worse it gets? It is probably because we’ve spun... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Dec 11, 2025 | Classes for Hearing Loss, Communication Access, Communication Practices, Communication with Family, Hearing Loss, Lipreading, Misconceptions, Self Advocacy, Speechreading
The first time I took a lipreading class in 2009 as a student, I didn’t see the benefits. Instead of giving me confidence and hope, it felt alien and out of my reach. I did not take the class again for another four years. The second class happened only because I... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Sep 18, 2025 | Accessibility, Advocacy, Communication Access, Communication Practices, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss Hope, Lipreading, Self Advocacy, Speechreading
When you depend on lipreading, advocacy isn’t optional, it’s how you ensure communication. If we don’t tell people, they’ll never know. You know how we need lighting to ‘hear’ better? We need to take our hearing family and friends out of the dark and shine the light... 
by | May 21, 2025 | Accommodations, Advocacy, Communication Access, Communication Practices, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss, Limits for hearing loss, Lipreading, Self Advocacy, Speechreading
For years I disliked teaching lipreading lessons with vowels and practically dismissed them. For the most part, vowels are inside the mouth with tongue to, or near, the soft palate making them hard to see. I guided people to focus on the more visible lip shapes... 
by | Jan 23, 2025 | Classes for Hearing Loss, Cochlear Implants, Communication Practices, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Devices, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss, Lipreading, Self Advocacy, Vulnerability
Is it possible to be comfortable with hearing loss? Being comfortable with hearing loss means different things to different people. It is entirely possible to be comfortable with hearing loss once we get over the shame and learn to manage without apologies. You can be...