What is Cued Speech

loml · 04-02-2006, 07:45 PM

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As printed in Hearing Health, volume 21:1, Spring 2005

Cued Speech

Makes spoken languages visually accessible

Provides building blocks for literacy

Integrates vision and hearing

Adapts to almost 60 languages and dialects

Cued Speech is a phonemic-based, visual communication system that, in English, uses eight handshapes in four different locations to make cues for consonant-vowel syllables.

Handshapes represent groups of consonants, and placements and movements of the hand around the face represent groups of vowels. These combinations, along with the mouth movements of speech, provide a visual cue as to which consonants and vowels are being spoken. By adding facial expressions and changing the force and speed of cues, people who are Deaf or hard of hearing can experience a rich and complex visual language similar to spoken language.

http://www.drf.org/hearing_health/ar...dspeech_ex.htm

04-02-2006, 07:48 PM

I remember dating a guy who is an user of cued speech and even was a president of cued speech association. All I can say is that I was clueless the entire time we talked

loml · 04-02-2006, 09:27 PM

Sorry to hear that.

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04-02-2006, 07:48 PM	#2 (permalink)
Gemtun Guest Posts: n/a	I remember dating a guy who is an user of cued speech and even was a president of cued speech association. All I can say is that I was clueless the entire time we talked

04-02-2006, 09:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
loml Registered User Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 1,209	Sorry to hear that.