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Old 08-16-2008, 09:52 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by meyag2 View Post
Do your hearing familys communicate in sign or fingerspelling with you because you're Ddeaf/Hhoh?
There are many hearing families who communicate by cueing English. Cueing is also great for supporting the receptive skill of speech reading, even when or if the "speaker" is not cueing.
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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.
- Dr. Edward C. Merrill, Jr. past president of Gallaudet
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