Can you read lips?

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My wife can understand much of a conversation even when there is no sound (e.g., people in the background on TV)

I can't do this at all. Not even the simplest phrases or words. I just see the mouth move, that's it.

I was curious to know how widespread the ability or lack of ability is.

I can discern only the most obvious words.

I answered "a little," but it might as well be "none."

My wife has aphasia and I find it much easier to understand her when looking at her mouth. When we're in the car, I have trouble as I can't look at her.

I can usually only make out swearing or people saying beans.

I can't read lips for the most part. If I can't hear them at all, I have no clue what is being said.

On the flipside of the coin... I have lost a good chunk of hearing in one of my ears. I can't always tell what is being said by listening, even though I can hear them. At those times, I find that if I can look at their lips, I can tell what they are saying.

My understanding is that lip reading is mostly guess work, even with people who do it really well. I have a significant auditory processing problem. It's really hard for me to hear a person unless it's a quiet one on one environment. I do some lip reading to help me figure out what they are saying. It helps within the context of the words i do pick out. I barely notice I'm doing it until I can't look at a speaker while they are talking. Then I get all irritated.

Yes.
I'm hearing impaired and I understand speech better if I can see a person's lips.

No, I can't read lips at all. I hate it the few times it happens that they mouth words in movies and the audience is expected to get what they're saying.

Because I have lousy auditory processing, it helps me a lot to read their lips while someone is talking. I've never really tried to read someone's lips without hearing them. Maybe I should try it out.

No, not at all. I have enough trouble understanding the words that I do hear come out of people's mouths.

I couldn't read the first George Bush's lips when he said "Read my lips, no new taxes!"

Sorry but I gotta. I love this video.

No I cannot.

I cannot read lips.

I remember telling my therapist (who I no longer see) that, when looking at people, I fixate on their mouth, avoiding the eyes. My therapist then said that she oftentimes did the same thing in loud/noisy places, so that she can lip read. After explaining to her that I am unable to read lips, she changed the subject.

Hearing loss here. I've been told by audiologists/ENTs that I'm an exceptionally good lip reader, but I picked the second option because lipreading is hard and not fool-proof for anyone. Especially if you're using it for less than a slight novelty couple of sentences.