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Old 07-08-2008, 11:39 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Cheri View Post
From what I know from one of my friends who happen to be a deaf mother who does not have any spoken language, only ASL, her two hearing daughters were far behind in spoken language skills, are in speech therapy at their public school.
Cheri - There is an early intervention program in my area designed specifically for hearing children of deaf adults, for the specific reason of spoken language delay.
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....Cued Speech has substantial data showing that it enables deaf children to attain competency in English at the level of hearing students grade by grade. I know of no other system that enables this to happen.... As more and more young deaf persons achieve academically because of this system, deaf leaders will need to re-examine their options.
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