MESHGuides

There are a number of information books written and edited by the leading researchers in the Cued Speech community that may help to answer any questions you may have.    

The Cued Speech Resource Book for Parents of Deaf Children (December 1992)

Authored by Dr. R. Orin Cornett and Mary Elsie Daisey

Cued Speech and Cued Language for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children (March 2010)

Edited by Carol LaSasso, PhD, Kelly Lamar Crain, PhD, Jacqueline Leybaert, PhD

www.cuedspeech.co.uk

The Cued Speech Association UK

The Forces

Forces Cross

Blackawton

Totnes

Devon   TQ9 7DJ

Tel: 01803 712853

There are many  training options  offered by the Cued Speech Association - details are available on the website.

Visual

British Sign Language (BSL)

This document outlines how, when and where CS was created and the aims behind it.

This film shows a story narrated by someone who is cueing while children demonstrate the actions and cue key words from the story.

Put simply, when sounds look the same on the lips (as they are spoken) an accompanying handshape or position will make each lip-pattern look different.  For example the sounds /p/ /b/ and /m/ sound quite different to hearing people, but they are indistinguishable by watching the lips.  So people who rely on lip-reading alone have no way of distinguishing words such as 'baby' and 'maybe' or 'pay', 'bay' and 'may'.  When you use CS each consonant sound has a different accompanying handshape so each sound now looks quite different.  Vowel sounds with confusing lip-patterns are

The name Cued Speech describes a system of 8 handshapes and 4 positions around the face, you cue as you speak.  The combination of these 12 cues and the natural lip patterns of the speaker give a complete visual representation of what is said in real time.  Every sound in every word has a corresponding cue enabling the receiver to see how the words sound.

For deaf children Cued Speech does the job of speech; it is your speech made visible.

It is quick and comparatively easy to learn – the entire system can be shown on one page.

​The MG was created by Cate Calder - Cued Speech UK with the support of the Cued Speech UK.