Hi... thanks for the link.
I grew up with cued English. My parents used cued speech.
To be honest, cued speech is a misnomer as it doesn't really show speech sounds but rather it shows phonemes of languages. In the old days, many people thought phonemes and speech sounds were the same but linguists now agree that they're not the same. That's why I like "cuem" better - CUEs plus Mouthshapes. I think it should be changed. Just my opinion.
My speech isn't that great. It doesn't mean I can't cue. I cue very well therefore it shows that speech and cuem aren't the same thing. People say that I cue so clearly.
In order to acquire English fluently, deaf children need consistent exposure to cued English... as much as they can. The application of using cued speech to teach speech sounds or to "read" is not effective. They may think "see they understand this word or that word!" but they're not teaching them LANGUAGE.
Ideally, people should cue as much as they can. They can make it half the day in CS and half in ASL... and let them ACQUIRE the English language NATURALLY. Do NOT teach them to read or write. They don't need them at that stage. Just let the kids ACQUIRE the English language naturally through cuem. They will get it. Give them a year of cued English exposure. Don't worry if you think they don't get it. They're a lot smarter than you think.
A year later, teach them how to read by using phonics approach. You'll be amazed how quickly they learn to read since they already internalized the phonological model of English through cuem and they can quickly see the relationship between written English and cued English.
Most deaf cuers love to read. It just comes naturally to them.