Publications

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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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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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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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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Newsletter

On Cue: Spring 2021, Volume 33, Issue 1

Volume 33, Issue 1, Spring 2021 Articles in this issue include: Introducing – DCLP Parent Kits President’s Message Groundbreaking New Collaboration – Cued Speech and EHDI NCSA Launches New Website Free On-Call Remote Cued Language Transliterator (CLT) Services In Memoriam: Michael Poore, Ian Fournier, and Josh Libby New England Cued Speech Journey (reprint from April […]

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Newsletter

On Cue: Winter 2016, Volume 28 Issue 1

Volume 28 Issue 1 Winter 2016 Articles included in this issue: President’s Message 50th Anniversary of Cued Speech Conference CLEAR: The Future of NCSA Advocacy It All Started with Cheese: A Story of Language Cornett Scholarship Winner Roars At Auburn NCSA Accepting College Scholarship Applications NCSA Collaborates with H&V on Cued Mandarin NCSA Board approves […]

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