Comments on: Post-Lingually Deaf (Choices part 1) http://wecue.net/2008/06/post-lingually-deaf-choices-part-1/ Discussion on how to live, learn, and work using Cued Speech Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:52:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: kim http://wecue.net/2008/06/post-lingually-deaf-choices-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-30 kim Mon, 16 Jun 2008 19:50:44 +0000 http://wecue.net/2008/06/post-lingually-deaf-choices-part-1/#comment-30 Barb, thanks so much for this info. We won't be able to attend a cue camp this summer, but I hope others will be offered throughout the year. Barb,
thanks so much for this info. We won’t be able to attend a cue camp this summer, but I hope others will be offered throughout the year.

]]> By: Barb Ballard http://wecue.net/2008/06/post-lingually-deaf-choices-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Barb Ballard Mon, 09 Jun 2008 10:30:15 +0000 http://wecue.net/2008/06/post-lingually-deaf-choices-part-1/#comment-22 Kim, I've not personally met anyone using Cued Speech who lost their hearing as an adult, but I can see the advantages of the application. Let's face it, you already know English, why not continue to use it with a visual representation? It would probably be worth it for you and your husband to travel to one of the Cue Camps where the beginning class is being taught so that you can learn the system. With the type of motivation you have to learn it, with just the begineer class, you should then be able to continue your practice sessions at home with each other. One of the real advantages for you is that Cued Speech is a finite system. There are only 8 hand shapes and 4 positions to learn. Once you get the way it works, it just becomes a matter of practice to become proficient. I've not become good a reading cues, but my son won't cue back to me. I only get to practice reading cues when I'm around some of the deaf adult cuers I've met at camp. I want to get better at it though. I just need someone who will practice with me. If there's no way to go to a camp, there are 2 videos available at cuedspeech.com, but they're kind of pricey. One is DISCOVERING CUED SPEECH INSTRUCTIONAL DVD SET and the other is I CUE, U CUE CD. It better to learn from a live instructor if you can. You can ask questions and they can correct you if you've misunderstood something. You can find list of camps here: http://cuedspeech.org/sub/general/events.asp Kim, I’ve not personally met anyone using Cued Speech who lost their hearing as an adult, but I can see the advantages of the application. Let’s face it, you already know English, why not continue to use it with a visual representation? It would probably be worth it for you and your husband to travel to one of the Cue Camps where the beginning class is being taught so that you can learn the system. With the type of motivation you have to learn it, with just the begineer class, you should then be able to continue your practice sessions at home with each other. One of the real advantages for you is that Cued Speech is a finite system. There are only 8 hand shapes and 4 positions to learn. Once you get the way it works, it just becomes a matter of practice to become proficient.

I’ve not become good a reading cues, but my son won’t cue back to me. I only get to practice reading cues when I’m around some of the deaf adult cuers I’ve met at camp. I want to get better at it though. I just need someone who will practice with me.

If there’s no way to go to a camp, there are 2 videos available at cuedspeech.com, but they’re kind of pricey. One is DISCOVERING CUED SPEECH INSTRUCTIONAL DVD SET and the other is I CUE, U CUE CD. It better to learn from a live instructor if you can. You can ask questions and they can correct you if you’ve misunderstood something. You can find list of camps here: http://cuedspeech.org/sub/general/events.asp

]]> By: kim http://wecue.net/2008/06/post-lingually-deaf-choices-part-1/comment-page-1/#comment-21 kim Mon, 09 Jun 2008 06:49:19 +0000 http://wecue.net/2008/06/post-lingually-deaf-choices-part-1/#comment-21 I am interested in how this has worked for you and your family. I have a post-lingual profound ski slope hearing loss. My husband has also developed a moderate conductive hearing loss these past few years. While I've been learning to sign, we realize that neither of us will ever be fluent. We're in our fifties. We're having a hard time communicating with each other. There's so much miscommunication happening. "I TOLD you that." "No--you didn't." Seems to me cueing would make more sense because we could use it while speaking English??? I wrote to a cueing website to find out if anyone knew how well it works for the late-deafened. No one replied. Also, there aren't many cuers in this area, so no one to teach us. But I really, really think it could be the perfect solution for us. Thanks! Kim I am interested in how this has worked for you and your family. I have a post-lingual profound ski slope hearing loss. My husband has also developed a moderate conductive hearing loss these past few years. While I’ve been learning to sign, we realize that neither of us will ever be fluent. We’re in our fifties. We’re having a hard time communicating with each other. There’s so much miscommunication happening. “I TOLD you that.” “No–you didn’t.” Seems to me cueing would make more sense because we could use it while speaking English??? I wrote to a cueing website to find out if anyone knew how well it works for the late-deafened. No one replied. Also, there aren’t many cuers in this area, so no one to teach us. But I really, really think it could be the perfect solution for us. Thanks! Kim

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