Cued speech for hearing aid wearer.

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Has anyone used/learnt cued speech to help their deaf/partially deaf child to learn?

My DS 3 1/2 has just been diagnosed with permanent hearing loss and is wearing hearing aids. His speech is delayed and as it took 2 years to get diagnosed we have lots of work to catch up on.

Did cued speech help?
Any advice please?

hello, my dd3 is deaf (among other things) we looked at cued speech when deciding what system to use for her. We didn't go with cued speech in the end but I seem to remember really liking it because it was based on a sign for a speech sound rather than a sign for a word. The big thing that put me off was that noone else where we live uses it so I was worried about her being able to make friends etc as it looks like she will be a long term sign user, school also use bsl/sse although we could have got cued speech put in her statement.

Of course this was just our reasoning, I think it's a really personal decision on what suits you, your ds, schooling and the area you live in.

We haven't used it either but just to say that DS1 was diagnosed at the same age as your son. He is 9 now, in mainstream school doing well, and with age appropriate speech. So if you have other questions i may be able to help. You could post on parent place on the NDCS website to find someone who has used cued speech.

Wow thanks!

We are in an area with lots of cued speech use, But it seems soo tricky to learn (but so does BSL, mAybe its just me??!!)

I didnt think to post on NDCS, MN is my life-line at the moment, as my DS was only diagnosed in august, so all so new.

Check out www.cuedspeech.co.uk and contact [email protected]. The organisation is great at helping parents learn how to cue.

My focus would be on language and literacy development, which Cued Speech facilitates tremendously due to the audio-visual synchrony. I grew up with Cued Speech and it allowed me to have access to spoken language, regardless of whether my hearing aids worked (I eventually got the cochlear implant and my speech improved dramatically due my strong phonemic awareness).

Cued Speech takes out a lot of the "guesswork" that is placed on the child for auditory training, serving as a primer to speed up the language acquisition and get children up to level with their peers.

In my opinion it's much easier to learn than BSL because of the fact that you already know the language (spoken English), so it's a matter of learning the code (hand shapes and positions for consonants and vowels respectively). Whereas with any sign language, I observe parents often being surpassed by their children because of the extensive sign vocabulary that parents have to learn in order to sign to their children.

nother, I wouldn't worry about learning cued, you will have all the enthusiasm as you are learning to communicate with your ds. I did bsl level 1 last year and found it easier than I expected!

I just find learning anything these days impossible!
DS does have some speech, babbles a lot, but has clear words too, and can make himself understood (only to those who have patience with toodlers!)

I understand that it helps all round development, ie with literacy and understanding etc, so I'm guessing its a good thing.

Thanks for all the experiences, its amazing how much more you learn when people post with thier own experience of it. TA!