Mouth gestures often evoke a vivid sensory image through their different visual appearances, such as open or closed mouth, tend or relaxed muscles, puffed or sucked-in cheeks, and round or pursed lips. The different ways of releasing the air from the mouth, such as a smooth, continuous release of air, as opposed to rough and abrupt bursts of air can also create different images. Some of these mouth actions can be understood as representing deaf performers’ re-interpretations of ‘sounds’ and other sensory images associated with the action or object