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Lip-readers ‘hear’ silent words

Brain’s listening area similarly active when interpreting mouthed, audible stories

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LIP SERVICE  The best lip-readers "hear" the words their eyes see, a new study suggests.

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By Laura Sanders

- More than 2 years ago

NEW YORK — Lip-readers’ minds seem to “hear” the words their eyes see being formed. And the better a person is at lipreading, the more neural activity there is in the brain’s auditory cortex, scientists reported April 4 at the annual meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society.