I would think that would be a problem.  Lip reading may encourage deaf
persons to speak better, but whenever possible they should know both.  Like
in our community, I know high partials that never learned Braille because it
was thought they didn't need it, but what happens when they lose some or
maybe all of their sight?  All legally blind persons should be taught
Braille.
Harvey

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Harvey, I think the latter.  Unless the community of the deaf has changed 
dramatically.  When I was an hr specialist with the Postal Service, one of 
the programs I was in charge of was communications between a fairly large 
contingency of deaf letter sorting machine operators and postal management 
with regard to operational and hr related subjects.  Our interpreter always 
used sign language.  She told me that lip reading is prone to much 
misunderstanding, especially with words which are similar in shape but have 
completely different meanings.  An example;  The Seinfeld episode where lip 
reading causes nothing but misunderstandings all round.  There is a big 
difference between six, and sex. The shape of the lips and tongue are the 
same.  Get it wrong by lip reading and...

Chuck wa8vmo