Originally Posted by deafskeptic

And what happens if the sounds has little meaning to the child? How will cued speech have any meaning if they don't know what the cues stand for?

Spoken English is very accessiable to the hearing. I'm afraid that even with the best hearing aids and implants, spoken English is only partially accessible to the deaf in many cases. I notice that even many deaf with good English skills are not as idiomatic (myself included) as the hearing. The reason being that it's harder to pick up on spoken English and that's where you learn slang and idioms.