Thread: Visual Phonics choosen over Cued Speech for speech
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Old 01-09-2008, 08:57 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by deafdyke View Post
You know.............if Cued Speech is THE ANSWER, to increased literacy then how come there have been people who have improved it/changed it? I know I've heard about people improving and changing it b/c it doesn't quite fit the needs of many dhh folks.
Deafdyke - What exactly are you reffering to? Please elaborate.
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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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