Originally Posted by loml

Cheri- I can see what you are saying, if you are referring to acquiring/learning language through speech only. However, learning the language of your family for a deaf child, imo, is no harder than learning a form of sign (language). I am a cuer of English. I found cueing through my personal experience with the Deaf community, deaf education system, interpreter programs, rehabilitation institutions and the medical system. Cued Speech can/does give a deaf child from a hearing family access to their families language. Myself, I consider this a fabulous gift of early intervention. It is a visual form of, it is kenesthetic and can be auditory, of course depending on the level of hearing loss. As with ASL from a fluent deaf signer, the child can/does recieve and aquire/learn their families language from people who are fluent in that language.

As with any successful aquisition of language, there must be consistency, accuracy and dedication.