About this site

Although the Cued Speech system was created in 1966, has been adapted to more than 50 languages worldwide, and is supported by a solid body of scientific research and publications in peer-reviewed journals, its usage is unfortunately still limited due to lack of public awareness and also due to strong polemics in the field.

In Europe, Cued Speech has been an educational option for several years in countries such as France, Belgium, United Kingdom and Spain, among others. However, in other countries, the system has been adapted but it is still not available, owing to the need  of trained instructors, transliterators and general support.

Cued Speech has been adapted to the phonology of Portuguese (different adaptations exist for European and Brazilian Portuguese), and is designated by Portugues Falado Complementado, but it is regrettably still not available as an educational tool or resource in Portugal. This blog hopes to address the current lack of available information and to become a centralized repository of reliable and balanced information for families, friends and professionals who work with children, adolescents and adults with hearing losses.

This blog was created as a project by a graduate student enrolled in a Deaf and Hearing Impaired/Early Childhood Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Please feel free to leave any comments or ask for more information.

You can contact me through arp2151@columbia.edu