Cued Speech Around the World
Cued Speech has been adapted to more than 60 languages and dialects, with the first adaptation in 1969 to Italian, closely followed in 1970 by Spanish, Croatian-Serbian, Hindi, Swedish and Telegu. Among the diverse languages now available are Hebrew, Mandarin, Swahili and Navajo.
Today, Cued Speech is used in approximately 20 countries on seven continents. Many languages have their own names for Cued Speech. For example, the French call it "Langue Parlé Complété." In Spanish, it's known as "La Palabra Complementada" and, in Polish, "Fonogesty." In addition to the National Cued Speech Association and other local, regional and national centers and associations in the United States, there are Cued Speech centers and associations around the world that provide instruction and support to families, professionals and Cued Speech users ("cuers").
Many students with hearing loss learn two or more spoken languages through the Cued Speech system. Cued Speech professionals recommend learning each language in its specific Cued Speech system, using the same approach children with typical hearing do when learning a second language. Due to its integration of auditory, visual, motor and kinesthetic senses, experience and research have shown that Cued Speech use also produces benefits in auditory discrimination and processing, speechreading, receptive and expressive language, articulation and phonics
