While the art of speech reading is beneficial to people with hearing loss, it is not meant to be used as a stand alone method of communication-it should just supplement the primary method of communication (oral language, sign language, or both). This mainly pertains to people with hearing loss who have access to speech via hearing aids or cochlear implants.
Good-when used in conjunction with listening, speech-reading can really enhance your understanding of information presented orally by the speaker.
Bad-if you rely on speech-reading you can lose your listening skills. Make sure you make the most effort to listen while speech reading.
Ugly-if you rely on speech-reading alone you are only getting about 30% of oral infomation-40% at most!
