Guest Bloggers
Written by Barb Ballard on August 22nd, 2010 | 2 CommentsI’m interested to find out if any other cuers are interested in guest blogging. Are you a cuer, the parent of a cuer, a person who supports cuers? Do you have stories concerning the history of Cued Speech, Orin Cornett, or early cuers? Are you willing to share your story? Let me know by leaving [...]
GTHR LV
Written by Barb Ballard on June 23rd, 2010 | 0 CommentsI’ve mentioned in the past that I am a hearing parent of a deaf/HOH cuer, but that I personally did not learn phonics as a young reader. My grade level in school was taught the whole word method to learn to read. I really didn’t even understand what phonics and phonemes were until I learned [...]
Graduating Thoughts — Is Forever Enough?
Written by Duke Osborne on June 3rd, 2010 | 1 CommentThere was a celebration Sunday, and I had to say a few words. The journey from the early traumatic days …
How long will Ben be loved? Is forever enough? Is forever enough?
Random Questions
Written by Duke Osborne on April 25th, 2010 | 1 CommentShould I talk of romantic love, future adventures, or my concerns about a young man?
How Cued Speech Found Me
Written by Danielle Paquin on February 20th, 2010 | 1 CommentIt was in the summer of 1999 when I stumbled upon Cued Speech. Â I had just finished my freshman year of college at Roger Williams University and was getting ready to head down to Washington, DC to participate in LEAP (Leadership Enrichment Adventure Program), a leadership program designed for oral deaf and hard of hearing [...]
Dream Girl
Written by Duke Osborne on February 9th, 2010 | 3 CommentsDeafness is a part of our lives; deafness is part of Maddie’s life. Maddie turned 15 yesterday, and time for me to sing her praises, not exclusively but especially as a sibling of a deaf brother.
Prosody II
Written by Esther Rimer on January 19th, 2010 | 0 CommentsThis is the continuation of my first post about Prosody, and why we should cue it. To show you how so very important prosody is in communication, I’ve embedded two short videos of myself cueing several short sentences, one with prosody, one without. See which one you can get the most meaning out of: WITHOUT PROSODY [...]
Under Exam — Failure or Needs Improvement?
Written by Duke Osborne on January 18th, 2010 | 2 CommentsIf my parenting of Ben were under exam by some “parent council,” would I pass? I have walked the perimeter of Ben’s self … but know little of what’s going on inside the compound of his persona.
Practice, Practice, Practice
Written by Barb Ballard on December 2nd, 2009 | 1 CommentI guess this post is really aimed at those hearing individuals who are learning to cue, or who’ve learned to cue, in order to support someone who is either hearing impaired or using cued speech for other educational reasons. I want to talk about finding creative ways to practice and improve your cueing skills. I [...]
November Dates
Written by Duke Osborne on November 22nd, 2009 | 0 Comments Once upon a time in November, a boy was diagnosed as deaf. That boy’s father gives thanks.
The courage to be who I have become. It comes back to Ben, and his deafness.
