Guest guest Posted June 27, 1999 Report Share Posted June 27, 1999 Hi Sarina, I have just finished a videotape course on cued speech, and I am planning to go to a weekend course in August. My son is four years old with a severe/severe to profound loss, very oral, but is in a TC class at school so often relies on sign backup for understanding. I was interested in cued speech because I thought it might help him with the parts of speech he has trouble hearing. He confuses words because they sound alike to him. But now I'm finding I don't know how to introduce it to him. When I cue words to him, he just gives me a funny look. I've been trying to use it when he's in the bath without his hearing aids, but he just looks at me and says, " I can't hear you. Talk to my ear! " (If I talk rather loudly right into his ear, he can hear somewhat.) Any ideas about how to introduce it to him? I'm not really good enough yet to cue at anywhere near normal conversational speech speed, which is what he is used to hearing. Thanks in advance, Dixie >From: NYCuedSpC@... > >Barb >Another way to communicate is with Cued Speech. Ity's a supplement to >lipreading that you may want to investigate. You can visit the National Cued >Speech Association web site at www.cuedspeech.org > >My son was born profoundly deaf and communication became a real issue, even >with sign language, largely because it is not English and has a completely >different syntax and grammatic code than English. Cued Speech allows you to >use your native language and makes that language clear through vision alone. >when we started to use it my son was 3 1/2 and had very little language. At >the end of 6 months he had 500 new words and at the end of two years he was >at age level for language! > >Thankfully, my son is now grown and out of college. When you make your >decision you ned to look at lots of options. Good luck. >Sarina Roffe > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 1999 Report Share Posted June 27, 1999 Barb Another way to communicate is with Cued Speech. Ity's a supplement to lipreading that you may want to investigate. You can visit the National Cued Speech Association web site at www.cuedspeech.org My son was born profoundly deaf and communication became a real issue, even with sign language, largely because it is not English and has a completely different syntax and grammatic code than English. Cued Speech allows you to use your native language and makes that language clear through vision alone. when we started to use it my son was 3 1/2 and had very little language. At the end of 6 months he had 500 new words and at the end of two years he was at age level for language! Thankfully, my son is now grown and out of college. When you make your decision you ned to look at lots of options. Good luck. Sarina Roffe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 1999 Report Share Posted June 27, 1999 >I >posted the signs for everything in our house onto that object. Ex. sign >for " fireplace " on the fireplace, sign for " cupboard " on the cupboard door, >sign for " microwave " on the microwave. If you also post the word under the sign, this will also be helpful for her in learning to read. JD learned a lot of vocabulary because I went through his photo album (he has his own) and labeled everything for him. He quickly learned to read those words and could pick them out without the picture. Kay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 1999 Report Share Posted June 27, 1999 They have videos that teach CS and they don't cost alot. As a matter of fact, we're off to Cue Camp tomorrow! Been excited for months! We're finally packed for a week tho we're supposed to return home everyday. The school system is paying the tuition and mileage. 's transliterator (still in training) will be there too. If I find anymore info on new CS training tools, I'll let you know! Floyd and Tish Lavrenz wrote: > > > Sarina, > I am kind of interested in CS, but am a little more than afraid to give up > on the sign language with our daughter. I think using the two together > would be much too confusing for her. She was not exposed to language until > 2 years ago at the age of 6, so she is very language delayed. I have > looked into CS, but there is very little info out there, and NO place that > is in the form of a lending library for materials. Do you know of where we > can go without purchasing great amounts of things at a great expense? I > have visited CS web site, but think a video would be much more helpful. > thanks ahead of time to anyone who can help us out here with any info. > Tish > ---------- > > From: NYCuedSpC@... > > To: Listen-Uponelist > > Subject: Re: ways to communicate > > Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 7:45 PM > > > > From: NYCuedSpC@... > > > > Barb > > Another way to communicate is with Cued Speech. Ity's a supplement to > > lipreading that you may want to investigate. You can visit the National > Cued > > Speech Association web site at www.cuedspeech.org > > > > My son was born profoundly deaf and communication became a real issue, > even > > with sign language, largely because it is not English and has a > completely > > different syntax and grammatic code than English. Cued Speech allows you > to > > use your native language and makes that language clear through vision > alone. > > when we started to use it my son was 3 1/2 and had very little language. > At > > the end of 6 months he had 500 new words and at the end of two years he > was > > at age level for language! > > > > Thankfully, my son is now grown and out of college. When you make your > > decision you ned to look at lots of options. Good luck. > > Sarina Roffe > > > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 1999 Report Share Posted June 27, 1999 Dixie, I'm not Sarina, but since the system is phonics-based, I'd definitely work on it at a time when he has his h/a's on so that he can correlate the cue with the sound. I'd start out by just showing him single cues and relating them to sounds, just the way you learned. Then work your way into words that sound the same...cat, hat, bat, to show the differences. Just the way you teach a beginning reader. If you try to cue sentences, especially where he's used to signing, I personally believe you'll confuse him. He needs the individual pieces first and then when he has those, you can start combining them once he understands what you are doing. It will come. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 28, 1999 Report Share Posted June 28, 1999 Thanks, . I've tried that, but he isn't at all interested. Plus, he doesn't normally look at someone while they're speaking. I thought that if he saw it as a way he might communicate while his aids were off, it would motivate him more, but it hasn't worked out that way. Not sure what to do, but thanks for the ideas. I'll keep trying. Dixie > > >Dixie, >I'm not Sarina, but since the system is phonics-based, I'd definitely work on it at a time when he has his h/a's on so that he can correlate the cue with the sound. I'd >start out by just showing him single cues and relating them to sounds, just the way you learned. Then work your way into words that sound the same...cat, hat, bat, to >show the differences. Just the way you teach a beginning reader. If you try to cue sentences, especially where he's used to signing, I personally believe you'll >confuse him. He needs the individual pieces first and then when he has those, you can start combining them once he understands what you are doing. It will come. > > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 30, 1999 Report Share Posted June 30, 1999 Hi , Thanks for the suggestions. I'll try your idea. The problem is that relies on his hearing rather than lipreading or signing, so he's not used to having to look. and he's stubborn! Dixie > >Dixie >I had problems getting Hayley to look at me when I tried to talk w/her. >Could you sign, look - point at your eyes - establish eye contact - once it >is established THEN you talk to him? Then I think you can bring in the cues >AND the signs. > > > Re: ways to communicate > >From: accounts@... (Dixie Kaetsu) > >Thanks, . I've tried that, but he isn't at all interested. Plus, >he >doesn't normally look at someone while they're speaking. I thought that >if >he saw it as a way he might communicate while his aids were off, it >would >motivate him more, but it hasn't worked out that way. Not sure what to >do, >but thanks for the ideas. I'll keep trying. > >Dixie > >> >> >>Dixie, >>I'm not Sarina, but since the system is phonics-based, I'd definitely >work >on it at a time when he has his h/a's on so that he can correlate the >cue >with the sound. I'd >>start out by just showing him single cues and relating them to sounds, >just >the way you learned. Then work your way into words that sound the >same...cat, hat, bat, to >>show the differences. Just the way you teach a beginning reader. If >you >try to cue sentences, especially where he's used to signing, I >personally >believe you'll >>confuse him. He needs the individual pieces first and then when he has >those, you can start combining them once he understands what you are >doing. >It will come. >> >> >> >>--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 I need to >understand the different ways to teach her to communicate and I wish I could >spend every moment of every day helping her but I don't know how. I keep a >list of all her new words posted on her play room door with stickers next Barb, When we adopted our 6 yo from Guatemala (she came with no language), I posted the signs for everything in our house onto that object. Ex. sign for " fireplace " on the fireplace, sign for " cupboard " on the cupboard door, sign for " microwave " on the microwave. This was helpful to our daughter, and also help for the family members learning the sign names for those objects also. I simply photocopied these sign names from our sign book. Pretty simple, but very helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 10, 1999 Report Share Posted July 10, 1999 Sarina, I am kind of interested in CS, but am a little more than afraid to give up on the sign language with our daughter. I think using the two together would be much too confusing for her. She was not exposed to language until 2 years ago at the age of 6, so she is very language delayed. I have looked into CS, but there is very little info out there, and NO place that is in the form of a lending library for materials. Do you know of where we can go without purchasing great amounts of things at a great expense? I have visited CS web site, but think a video would be much more helpful. thanks ahead of time to anyone who can help us out here with any info. Tish ---------- > From: NYCuedSpC@... > To: Listen-Uponelist > Subject: Re: ways to communicate > Date: Sunday, June 27, 1999 7:45 PM > > From: NYCuedSpC@... > > Barb > Another way to communicate is with Cued Speech. Ity's a supplement to > lipreading that you may want to investigate. You can visit the National Cued > Speech Association web site at www.cuedspeech.org > > My son was born profoundly deaf and communication became a real issue, even > with sign language, largely because it is not English and has a completely > different syntax and grammatic code than English. Cued Speech allows you to > use your native language and makes that language clear through vision alone. > when we started to use it my son was 3 1/2 and had very little language. At > the end of 6 months he had 500 new words and at the end of two years he was > at age level for language! > > Thankfully, my son is now grown and out of college. When you make your > decision you ned to look at lots of options. Good luck. > Sarina Roffe > > --------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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