Guest guest Posted March 8, 2001 Report Share Posted March 8, 2001 I don't mean to sound rude either. I just don't know too much about Cued Speech. Q: If I were to send my son to school or to a signing camp (not a Cued Speech camp, just a camp for HOH or Deaf children), who else would know how to do Cued Speech? I've never seen it used anywhere. Do a lot of families use the Cued Speech route? Thank You, Donna mother to ny 5, mod/severe 2, hearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2001 Report Share Posted March 12, 2001 Hi Don't mean to sound dense. Exactly what is cued speech. Where can I learn about it? Kim --- Semesky wrote: > Right now, ASL is used by the majority of deaf > individuals. However, > there is a growing group of Cued Speech users out > there. The reason is > that due to technological improvements, children are > now able to make > much better use of their residual hearing and cued > speech is a vehicle > to allow them to fully utilize this capability. > Furthermore, through > forums like this, parents are hearing about its > availability. One of > the biggest dilemnas the kids who cue face right now > is that there isn't > a huge peer group to interact with unless you're in > cueing centers of > the US like the Washington DC area, North Carolina, > etc. Due to his > ability to speak fluently and inability to converse > in sign, my son is > NOT comfortable among Deaf individuals. He's > thrilled to see other deaf > people, but is lost in their world because he can't > communicate with > them. Because he can't/won't sign, is more > lost in a group of Deaf > individuals than he is among the hearing world. Hi > peer group is in the > hearing world. He can expressively communicate to > everyone. > One-on-one, with his hearing aids, he usually can > also understand what > others say. In noise, or in a large group tho, he > breaks down, which is > what is so hard for him. Regrettably, he doesn't > have a TRUE place in > either group. However, life is not perfect, and his > world of choice is > among those who use speech as their modality of > communication. That is > where he feels comfortable. He made that decision at > age 4, and never > changed his mind. He showed us HIS way, just as > your child will show > your theirs. The important thing is to adapt and > offer your child > choices so that they can find the best place for > them. I've seen people > with profound hearing losses function as though they > have perfect > hearing. I've seen those with mild losses be unable > to function in an > oral world. Therefore, you can't rely on an > audiogram alone. You've > got to let each child find the place that is right > for them, and that > place may change over time. MY opinion is that > what's most important is > to offer children exposure to different options. > You can not do that > without knowing the options yourself. I wouldn't > be surprised if, when > goes to college, he wants to learn ASL. Right > now, he just isn't > interested. If and when he is, then the time will > be right for him. If > he doesn't, then at least his hearing friends can > learn cued speech in > about a week. If he falls in love, his girlfriend > can learn cued speech > in about a week. Those that care about him will be > willing to make the > commitment and then his hearing loss will be > insignificant in their > world. That is why we ended up going this route. It > was right for him > up to now. Who knows what the future will bring. > No one does. Just > like with any child, you do the best that you can > with the knowledge and > resources you have available. You can't always > second guess yourself. > All you can do is to arm yourself with knowledge and > do your best. Good > luck with your decisions! It was a long road, but > now that our son is > 10, we're happy with ours. > > > Fish wrote: > > > > I don't mean to sound rude either. I just don't > know too much about Cued Speech. Q: If I were to > send my son to school or to a signing camp (not a > Cued Speech camp, just a camp for HOH or Deaf > children), who else would know how to do Cued > Speech? I've never seen it used anywhere. Do a lot > of families use the Cued Speech route? > > Thank You, > > Donna > > mother to ny 5, mod/severe > > 2, hearing > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > All messages posted to this list are private and > confidential. Each post is the intellectual > property of the author and therefore subject to > copyright restrictions. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2001 Report Share Posted March 12, 2001 Please! Thanks! --- Darla Rance wrote: There are websites and numbers I can give > you if you want to > look into it. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2001 Report Share Posted March 12, 2001 Kim, Cued Speech is a sound-based communication system (not a language or philosophy) that utilizes eight handshapes for consonants in whatever language you're using, and four placements around the face to represent the vowels. It allows those with hearing loss to see every spoken syllable a hearing person would hear. It's a visual, manual communication option, although some think of it as oral, also, because the lips work together with the hands, and kids who use Cued Speech become expert lipreaders (for those times they're communicating with people who neither sign nor cue). Contact the National Cued Speech Association at cuedspdisc@..., and they'll send you information such as research results, definitions, families' experiences with it, etc. Darla On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:30:45 -0800 (PST) Kim Niccolai writes: > Hi Don't mean to sound dense. Exactly what is cued > speech. Where can I learn about it? > Kim > --- Semesky wrote: > > Right now, ASL is used by the majority of deaf > > individuals. However, > > there is a growing group of Cued Speech users out > > there. The reason is > > that due to technological improvements, children are > > now able to make > > much better use of their residual hearing and cued > > speech is a vehicle > > to allow them to fully utilize this capability. > > Furthermore, through > > forums like this, parents are hearing about its > > availability. One of > > the biggest dilemnas the kids who cue face right now > > is that there isn't > > a huge peer group to interact with unless you're in > > cueing centers of > > the US like the Washington DC area, North Carolina, > > etc. Due to his > > ability to speak fluently and inability to converse > > in sign, my son is > > NOT comfortable among Deaf individuals. He's > > thrilled to see other deaf > > people, but is lost in their world because he can't > > communicate with > > them. Because he can't/won't sign, is more > > lost in a group of Deaf > > individuals than he is among the hearing world. Hi > > peer group is in the > > hearing world. He can expressively communicate to > > everyone. > > One-on-one, with his hearing aids, he usually can > > also understand what > > others say. In noise, or in a large group tho, he > > breaks down, which is > > what is so hard for him. Regrettably, he doesn't > > have a TRUE place in > > either group. However, life is not perfect, and his > > world of choice is > > among those who use speech as their modality of > > communication. That is > > where he feels comfortable. He made that decision at > > age 4, and never > > changed his mind. He showed us HIS way, just as > > your child will show > > your theirs. The important thing is to adapt and > > offer your child > > choices so that they can find the best place for > > them. I've seen people > > with profound hearing losses function as though they > > have perfect > > hearing. I've seen those with mild losses be unable > > to function in an > > oral world. Therefore, you can't rely on an > > audiogram alone. You've > > got to let each child find the place that is right > > for them, and that > > place may change over time. MY opinion is that > > what's most important is > > to offer children exposure to different options. > > You can not do that > > without knowing the options yourself. I wouldn't > > be surprised if, when > > goes to college, he wants to learn ASL. Right > > now, he just isn't > > interested. If and when he is, then the time will > > be right for him. If > > he doesn't, then at least his hearing friends can > > learn cued speech in > > about a week. If he falls in love, his girlfriend > > can learn cued speech > > in about a week. Those that care about him will be > > willing to make the > > commitment and then his hearing loss will be > > insignificant in their > > world. That is why we ended up going this route. It > > was right for him > > up to now. Who knows what the future will bring. > > No one does. Just > > like with any child, you do the best that you can > > with the knowledge and > > resources you have available. You can't always > > second guess yourself. > > All you can do is to arm yourself with knowledge and > > do your best. Good > > luck with your decisions! It was a long road, but > > now that our son is > > 10, we're happy with ours. > > > > > > Fish wrote: > > > > > > I don't mean to sound rude either. I just don't > > know too much about Cued Speech. Q: If I were to > > send my son to school or to a signing camp (not a > > Cued Speech camp, just a camp for HOH or Deaf > > children), who else would know how to do Cued > > Speech? I've never seen it used anywhere. Do a lot > > of families use the Cued Speech route? > > > Thank You, > > > Donna > > > mother to ny 5, mod/severe > > > 2, hearing > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > All messages posted to this list are private and > > confidential. Each post is the intellectual > > property of the author and therefore subject to > > copyright restrictions. > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2001 Report Share Posted March 12, 2001 Kim, I gave you the e-mail address just now, and the phone number is 1-. Talk with Pam Beck. Some websites are http://www.cuedspeech.com, and http://www.cuedspeech.org. Darla On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 13:33:02 -0800 (PST) Kim Niccolai writes: > Please! > Thanks! > --- Darla Rance wrote: > There are websites and numbers I can give > > you if you want to > > look into it. > > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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