Cued Speech

A mini-documentary about the revolutionary visual spoken language system, Cued Speech.

Cued Speech helps people, who have difficulty understanding sound-to see sounds, words, and sentences of spoken language. This controversial system is revolutionizing special education. Can Cued Speech help someone you know?

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People & Blogs

Tags:

• sign
• language
• cued
• speech
• cues
• gallaudet
• sound
• fun
• disability
• handicapped
• deaf
• hearing
• literacy
• autism
• interpret
• kids

[ek4051]

i am debating wether i like the idea or not , i think it would be differcult for a deaf person because some words sound the same for insistance the name ben and word been have the same sound i think that would confused the person.

[jenniferbien]

Hi-thanks for your comments. Cued Speech shows the difference between sounds. Ben and been do NOT sound the same. "Ben" rhymes with "hen" while "been" rhymes with "tin" and "fin". We would cue "been" similarly to how we cue "tin" and 'fin". It is very difficult to learn a language that you cannot hear. Cued Speech makes it possible to learn any spoken language.

[Tar2006]

If I were Board of Education for that school. I will throw Cued Speech program out of the window in big time. I DEMAND put ASL in that program period! This is just disgusted me to see how much you abused their Deaf children's education by using Cued Speech which is unofficial recognized as language. Someone please delete this video..

[jenniferbien]

Just to clarify, a majority of people shown in this film are also proficient or fluent in American Sign Language. They also know English through the mode of Cued Speech. Thank you for your feedback.

[sapphire416]

i dislike to use cued speech because it s diffcult to understand each other I pefer to use ASL

[jenniferbien]

We hired an interpreter so the film would be available to everyone who was interested. Many of those featured in the video are also ASL-users.

I encourage you to all keep an open-mind and continue to educate yourselves about different languages and methods of communication.

[Drizzy28]

Mind you. Why use a 1979 fact stating that 'The average Deaf student reads at a 3rd to 4th grade level'. 1979? mind you, thats nearly 30 years ago. 30 years, a lot CHANGE in that period of time.

I'm Deaf. I have excellent English grammar, my grade level of reading is around the top of high school/university level. Mind you, I'm only a young high school student.

CS is not an official language. even the video never stated that it was a real one, just codes. ASL is an offical language.ASL POWER

[Tar2006]

Jennifer, I agree with Obsesso. I'm native ASL user. American SIgn Lanuage is more of effective through visual language based on our knowledge through eyes.

The speech is not subject to the education therefore it is take a lot of effort time to learn speech which is set to waste the important education.

ASL is the official language therefore Deaf people should to learn rather than being in the lab by Audiologist.

[ChatinASL]

Are there any public workers know CUED SPEECH? How can CUED SPEECH users with their not clear voice and those workers communicate each other? I personally KNOW that some CUED SPEECH users' voice are not clear at all.

[TheHobbesandcalvin]

I'm french, so I use the LPC (the french translation of the cued speech). As Hilary F. I'll never thank enough my parents for the choice they made, when they decided that they'll use the cued for me and my sister.

I think that deaf people using only ASL (LSF in french) are missing a point. ASL isn't the "natural" language of deaf people. ASL makes you a dependant person. If you don't have other people doing ASL around you, you can't communicate.

Cornett, you're my HERO.

[AstralSandwich]

@airmanpete Do you mean that CS is easier to learn than a real language like ASL? OR do you mean that children grasp CS faster than adults do?

[STERLINGLOVER]

I wish I could Cue :( I've met the most WONDERFUL man, and he uses Cued Speech. I have full hearing and no experience whatsoever with any kind of signing.

[limdaf]

cued and american sign language between different but I prefer use ASL faster understand communicate better than cued if person who hard of hearing easy confuse sound word almost same word ..myself hard of hearing but the most time people ask me a question are you are deaf or hard of hearing so i always say i am deaf always be me ..I never thought about cued for the deaf children when get older could be change low .

[leprasia]

Interesting debate over ASL and cued speech. I am wondering if cued speech works better for those who can hear somewhat than those who are profoundly or totally deaf? Because if I can't hear sounds at all, how would having those signs help me produce sounds?

[ArrowBiter]

i don't know anything about sign language, but it seems to me that all these people are trying to do is invent alternative, and yes maybe better, forms of communication. But i don't think anyone is trying to replace ASL. if CS doesn't work for you, then just don't use it.

[jordana72uk]

The real advantage of cued speech is that it helps people like me (hearing with no deaf or signing contacts) to make what I'm saying more accessible to hearing impaired people. I have done both Makaton and BSL courses. I use, and teach others, the few signs I know - but that means I am limited to very basic words & phrases. Cued Speech means I can express myself in my own words and assist people to lip-read. It's not a language / culture thing - it's a tool to help people understand me.

[Openmindedtalk]

ASL is not a superior language. But it is a langauage that is the most effect for anyone. Why do you think they give sign language to hearing babies so that they can communicate with their parents and not give deaf babies sign language and promote them to talk. That doesn't makes sense. 80% of cuers went to sign language and discovered its much easier. Its a proven fact right there. So cuers try to use sign language and see for yourself.