Comments on Aaron Cues: "Breaking the Code" - breaking down the comments a...

I'm learning ASL and plan to continue. I have dea...

2007-11-10T18:09:00.000-06:00

I'm learning ASL and plan to continue. I have deaf friends who ASL and I'm picking it up quickly and easily. That said, my husband is also losing his hearing and he is not a "visual" learner. He's having a real hard time with ASL. I am wondering if cued speech would be a better way to go in our household for HIM. We need a better approach for the two of us to communicate. We're in our

BEG - Linguistically speaking, Cued Speech is the ...

2007-11-10T09:13:00.000-06:00

BEG - Linguistically speaking, Cued Speech is the system of coding spoken language, while cued language is the actual visual language that is produced as a result of applying Cued Speech.

There are some people who don't agree with this, and consider it an MCE system. Yet, Cued Speech is the only system that has been able to break down many (not just one) languages at the phonemic level

I'm Hearing, but I can see that pitting Cued Speec...

2007-11-10T03:40:00.000-06:00

I'm Hearing, but I can see that pitting Cued Speech AGAINST ASL is USELESS and OPPRESSIVE to Deaf People. Why not BOTH???

Cued Speech is clearly easier for Hearing people to learn, thus giving Deaf children of Hearing parents an easier way of communicating with their child, ESSENTIAL for language development.

But learning ASL gives Deaf individuals access to the entire Deaf

I am late-deafened. I know nothing about cued-spe...

2007-11-10T01:51:00.000-06:00

I am late-deafened. I know nothing about cued-speech. I already speak fine and speech read pretty well. Do you think cued speech could help the late-deafened in some way, Aaron?

Well, cued English is kind of interesting. My bac...

2007-11-09T16:46:00.000-06:00

Well, cued English is kind of interesting. My background: profoundly deaf, NO ASL, and NO cued English (only heard about the latter a few months ago). So what was my first reaction to the concept? It struck me as an interesting way to basically make English visible on the lips.

My only objections to it are how I see proponents describing it, which is fairly inaccurate. It's not a

*author (oops, typo)

2007-11-09T15:48:00.000-06:00

*author (oops, typo)

To me, comparing Cued Speech to pen and paper is a...

2007-11-09T15:47:00.000-06:00

To me, comparing Cued Speech to pen and paper is absurd.

While I respect everyone's opinion regarding how to raise a deaf/hard of hearing child, it gets tiring after a period of time when there are comments out there that are uncalled for. Smack talking other people is childish and can be hurtful to others. We all live on the same planet and while no human being is compelled to agree

Well... I am still not familiar with the concept o...

2007-11-09T15:38:00.000-06:00

Well... I am still not familiar with the concept of cued speech... the messages saying that the posts had been removed by the author is not helping much... makes me wonder if we all really understand the concept? If the posts were hostile, yeah, I understand for the removal...

I find a little irony that Gallaudet U. invented cued speech. Whatever.

If you must insist that cued languages are a "seco...

2007-11-09T13:15:00.000-06:00

If you must insist that cued languages are a "secondary code," I must insist that Cued Speech is a primary method for deaf/hoh children to absorb English (not learn it).

American Sign Language is a language in its own right, so it seems prudent to state that it could be more difficult to convey English verbatim. One would have to "teach" English to a native signer, while a native cuer

It's apparent I won't change your mind on the natu...

2007-11-09T11:13:00.000-06:00

It's apparent I won't change your mind on the nature of Cued Speech.

It seems you're so intent on making the distinction between artificial and natural languages. I'll leave it up to the professionals to decide whether cued languages are natural or not.

Come to a cue camp or cue social and you will see how Cued Speech works.