by Chelle Wyatt | Jun 26, 2026 | Books on Hearing Loss, Communication Practices, Communication with Family, deaf, Emotions, hearing loss, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Aids, Hearing Assistive Technology, Hearing Devices, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss How To, Limits for hearing loss, Lipreading, Public Advocacy, Self Advocacy
The book, 61 Days of Hearing Loss is built around four categories for hearing loss: technology, awareness, strategies and emotions. In the last post, we shared one day of strategies and another for awareness. In this post, we’ll share a day about technology and... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Nov 28, 2025 | Advocacy, Communication Practices, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss, Hearing Loss How To, Lipreading, Speechreading
When people ask me what strategy I use most for lipreading, I answer with “anticipation skills”. People seem surprised. I see that in their body language after I answer them. While body language helps me a lot, I stand firm with anticipation. It’s the... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Oct 8, 2025 | Advocacy, Classes for Hearing Loss, Communication Access, Communication Practices, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Devices, Hearing Impaired, Hearing Loss Hope, Hearing Loss How To, Limits for hearing loss, Lipreading, Misconceptions, Self Advocacy, Speechreading
Chelle: As a lipreading instructor, I see firsthand how much our classes empower students to lead more confident and connected lives. Because hearing devices have limits, and we are limited without them, new communication skills are required to be successful with... 
by Chelle Wyatt | Jun 19, 2025 | Communication Access, Communication with Family, deaf, Hard of Hearing, Hearing Loss, Lipreading, Lipreading Concepts, Speechreading
In our last post for Hearing Loss LIVE! For Members, we mentioned syllables for lipreading. “Lipreading the short vowels are difficult. All we see is the drop in the jaw. The short vowels help create syllables and syllables play into lipreading too.” Let’s talk about... 
by | Feb 14, 2024 | Communication Access, Hard of Hearing, Hard of Hearing Defined, Hearing Loss
My earliest ‘lipreading’ moment came in elementary school when a kid ran up to me asking me to lipread him; it looked like “I love you”. I was startled with the idea of lipreading and the out of the blue announcement. He wanted me to guess. I was hesitant. I knew it...