This Video Beautifully Shows How Difficult It Can Be To Read Lips

“Can you read my lips?”

In this video by National Geographic, Rachel Kolb articulates what it feels like to experience the world without the ability to hear.

The video was inspired by Kolb's essay: "Seeing At The Speed Of Sound."

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The video starts off with closed-captioning over people clearly speaking. Then, the captioning begins to blur, and the voices turn into murmurs, which symbolizes how difficult it can be to translate what a person is saying solely by looking at their lips.

The video starts off with closed-captioning over people clearly speaking. Then, the captioning begins to blur, and the voices turn into murmurs, which symbolizes how difficult it can be to translate what a person is saying solely by looking at their lips.

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"Can you read my lips?"

"Can you read my lips?"

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Rachel goes on to say that although she is deaf, her world is "a hearing one."

Rachel goes on to say that although she is deaf, her world is "a hearing one."

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