Cued Speech Information & Resources

English language development and literacy present unique challenges for children who are deaf or hard-of hearing. Cued Speech was developed at Gallaudet University by Dr. R. Orin Cornett to solve this long-standing problem.

Cued Speech (n.) system of handshapes and placements which when combined with information from the mouth and face render English as a visual language.

cued language (n.) any true human language that can be rendered through cueing. Existing cued languages include English, French, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Portuguese. To date there are more than 50 cued languages and dialects in existance.

cued English (n.) a complete, natural visual language. Cued English is rendered via manual means (by the hand) and non-manual means (by the mouth, face, etc.).