Cued Speech is a sound-based visual communication system which, in English, uses eight handshapes in four different locations along with the natural mouth movements of speech, to "cue" the different sounds of a spoken language. Cued Speech identifies each distinctive speech sound. The eight handshapes each represent consonant sounds. The locations which are all near the mouth, identify vowel sounds. A handshape and a location together cue a syllable and when combined with the movements of the mouth, the syllable is made clear. You cannot cue read the hand alone, the lip movements are necessary for the system to work.

• Cued Speech Online Resources The most comprehensive Cued Speech site on the web was developed by the parents of two auditory neuropathy children
• Cued Speech--An explanation from Parentpals
• NCSA -National Cued Speech Association Website
• Gaining Cued Speech Proficiency: A Manual For Parents, Teachers & Clinicians The second edition of Warren Beaupre's manual of cued speech is published on the web!
• Southwest Region of the National Cued Speech Association-San Antonio, Texas Cued Speech site
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• Cued Speech Association of UK
• Cued Speech Forum
• Educating Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing: Cued Speech. ERIC Digest #E555.
• Cued Speech-from the electronic deaf education network.
• Cued Language Network of America


• Daily Cues Site


• Cued Speech Information Site


• Utah Cued Speech site





Transliterator Information

• What is a Transliterator?


• The Testing, Evaluation, and Certification Unit, Inc. -For transliterator training information.

Cued Speech Books

Cued Speech Discovery Bookstore

Resources for Cued Speech are available through this site and it is less expensive than regular bookstores.

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