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The NCSA maintains a vast and searchable library of Cued Speech resources. We have everything to do with Cued Speech: history, research papers, teaching materials, videos, and much more. Everyone can search the curated selection available below. Members have full access to our rich legacy. By request, the following will be made available to members: 1) full-length scholarly articles and research papers, 2) On Cue editions from 1990 to today, 3) downloadable workshop materials, and 4) the Cornett Legacy Archive. If you are a member, you may request access here and select "Materials or Research Request."

Publications

Does Cued Speech Entail Speech? An Analysis of Cued and Spoken Information in Terms of Distinctive Features By Earl Fleetwood, M.A. and Melanie Metzger, Ph.D.

Part 3 Discussion An implicit assumption is commonly made by researchers in previous studies of Cued Speech. The assumption is that the production and subsequent reception of cued utterances entail the production and reception of speech. Untested, this assumption has commonly allowed for data interpretation to feed conclusions that simply reinforce the assumption. Thus, it […]

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Does Cued Speech Entail Speech? An Analysis of Cued and Spoken Information in Terms of Distinctive Features By Earl Fleetwood, M.A. and Melanie Metzger, Ph.D.

Part 2 For the purpose of this study, the visible attributes of Cued test items were defined in the following terms: an isolated cued English allophone is considered the product of (1) the simultaneous pairing of a particular mouth formation with a particular hand shape (at any of 4 specific placements) to represent a specific […]

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Does Cued Speech Entail Speech? An Analysis of Cued and Spoken Information in Terms of Distinctive Features By Earl Fleetwood, M.A. and Melanie Metzger, Ph.D.

Part 1 Unpublished Manuscript DO NOT DISTRIBUTE See published version:Metzger, M. , and Fleetwood, E. (2010). Cued language: What deaf native cuers perceive of Cued Speech. In C. LaSasso , K. Crain , & J. Leybaert (Eds.), Cued Speech and cued language for deaf and hard of hearing children (pp. 53-66). San Diego, CA: Plural. […]

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What’s the Difference Between Cued Speech, Cuem, Cued English, and Cued Language?

By Earl Fleetwood, M.A. and Melanie Metzger, Ph.D. Dr. Metzger holds a master’s degree in American Sign Language (ASL) linguistics from Gallaudet University and a doctoral degree in Sociolinguistics from Georgetown University. Her doctoral dissertation is an empirically-based examination of power and neutrality issues in the field of interpretation. Dr. Metzger is an assistant professor […]

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Articles

Understanding Cueing

You may have seen the terms Cued Speech, cued language, Cued American English, and cueing. But what do they really mean? Are they all the same thing? Well, yes…sort of. Cued Speech Let’s start with the term Cued Speech. Cued Speech was developed in the mid-1960s at Gallaudet College (now University) by Dr. Orin Cornett to make the phonemes of spoken English […]

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Articles

Building Language in Babies and Toddlers Who Are Deaf

Cued Speech builds language and an internal understanding of a spoken language. So when we cue to our children, we are providing the building blocks for language, communication and ultimately literacy. Building language in babies and toddlers who are deaf and hard of hearing is as simple as just cueing, the same way a parent […]

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Articles

Language In Yields Language Out

By Sarina Roffé The most important advice I received as the parent of a deaf baby was that to build language, I had to talk talk talk for months and months before my child would show signs of understanding language and it would be even more time before he would express language. The basic concept […]

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On Cue: Winter 2022, Volume 34, Issue 1

Volume 34, Issue 1, Winter 2022 Articles in this issue include: Introducing Cue With Me! – Children’s Kits Making Spoken Language Clear For Learning to Read: Cued Speech or Visual Phonics? President’s Message The Journey of a Bilingual Family to Cueing The Opus of Our Childhood Leveling the Playing Field: Advocating for Deaf/Hard of Hearing […]

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DCLP

Free DCLP Parent Kits for Families New to Cueing

Families new to cueing can sign up for a free Deaf Children’s Literacy Project (DCLP) Parent Kit. The quarterly subscription box includes: NCSA membership, Free access to an online Cued American English course, A personalized letter, Cued American English articles, the NCSA newsletter, cue charts and research, Language-building ideas, An invitation for optional one-on-one family […]

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