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Sub-vocalisation is "hearing" your own voice as your read. When you were learning to read, words were read out aloud to form sentences and then ideas. This is how you formed early comprehension (understanding). When your teacher was satisfied with your progress, you were told to close your mouth and read silently to yourself. You have been doing so ever since!

Your vocabulary improved as the quantity and quality of your reading increased. However, your reading speed remained the same. Why? The answer is: 

You read as fast as you speak or, at most, as fast as you can hear the spoken word. 

Your speaking speed, and ability to hear and process the spoken word, cannot far exceed 280 words per minute. Therefore, you are trapped in a reading speed similar to your speaking speed.

But ...

Am I able to read and understand words without hearing myself say them (sub-vocalise)?

The answer is an emphatic YES! You do so already ...

Words printed in your daily environment are so familiar to you, that your brain has long ago stopped waiting for that sub vocalisation. The eyes project the words to the brain and, as long as you already understand the actual meaning of the words, you have instant understanding. In other words, there is direct eye-mind transfer of information. 

Here are examples of words you have stopped sub-vocalising:

The key to unlocking your natural ability to read with less sub-vocalisation on the printed page lies in building word recognition without waiting for sub-vocalisation - as you have done so, by repetition, in your living environment.

The techniques used in TurboRead will enable you to reduce your sub-vocalisation by between 50 and 70%, while retaining, or even improving your original comprehension (understanding). The real benefit of doing so lies in the huge improvement in your reading speed as a result of less sub-vocalisation.

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