The words ‘seventeen’ and ‘seventy’ have similar lip patterns. Words with similar lip patterns are called #homophenes

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Deaf lipreaders can misunderstand shop assistants. In this picture a lady learns in her receipt that the handbag in the sale was actually £50.00 & not £15.00.

Words such as ‘fifty’ & ‘fifteen’ have similar lip shapes. These are examples of #homophenes

#LipreadingAwarenessWeek