Re: cued speech and speech reading?

[Guest guest]

Hi Debbie,

Speech reading is just a newer term for what was formerly known as lip

reading, or trying to figure out what a person is saying by looking at the

lips and facial expression. My son (5 years old, severe to profound loss)

uses a little speech reading to supplement what he can hear with his

residual hearing. Trying to depend on speech reading alone is difficult

because so many different sounds look the same on the lips.

With my son, we also sign, and that is also a valuable supplement to his

store of communication options. Learning and using sign has not decreased

his ability or willingness to use his residual hearing, and speaking remains

his expressive mode of choice. The early use of signs really helped him

with his language. He would learn a sign, then learn the oral word and soon

dropped the sign expressively. Signing was more accessible to him and

through that he would learn the concept, and from there learning the English

word seemed to be much easier.

I'll leave it to others more knowledgable to explain about cued speech.

Good luck,

Dixie

cued speech and speech reading?

> HI, could someone explain what cued speech and speech reading are. My

> daughter has a speech therapist that comes once a week but I have

> never heard her mention these forms of communication.

> Thanks Debbie Cachia.

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> Speech reading is ....

Thanks Dixie.

> I'll leave it to others more knowledgable to explain about cued speech.

It's very similar to speech reading, with the addition of signals for the

child to help him distinguish between those difficult sounds. The signals

are in the form of handshapes in different positions around the mouth. One

of the bonuses of this method is that it works for any language, and it's

relatively easy to learn.

If you want to learn more about either of these topics:

http://www.listen-up.org/lip.htm

http://www.listen-up.org/cue.htm

Kay