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Cued speech is a visual system of communication used with and among deaf or hard-of-hearing people. It is a phonemic-based system which makes traditionally spoken languages accessible by using a small number of handshapes, known as cues (representing consonants), in different locations near the mouth (representing vowels) to convey spoken language in a visual format.
Two men (right, kneeling) hold cue cards to enable a public speech in Japan, 2016. Cue cards were originally used to aid aging actors. One early use was by John Barrymore in the late 1930s. Cue cards did not become widespread until 1949 when Barney McNulty, [3] a CBS page and former military pilot, was asked to write ailing actor Ed Wynn's ...
Visual schedules use a series of pictures to communicate a series of activities or the steps of a specific activity. [1] [2] They are often used to help children understand and manage the daily events in their lives. [3] They can be created using pictures, photographs, or written words, depending upon the ability of the child.
An AAC user indicates a series of numbers on an eye gaze communication board in order to convey a word. Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.
Children can use gesture to communicate before they have the ability to use spoken words and phrases. In this way gestures can prepare children to learn a spoken language, creating a bridge from pre-verbal communication to speech. [1] [2] The onset of gesture has also been shown to predict and facilitate children's spoken language acquisition.
Richard Curtis, director of beloved 2003 Christmas romcom Love Actually, has revealed that the show’s famous cue card scene could have been very different. The film stars an ensemble cast ...
[2] [7] [108] [109] Speech recognition is possible using cues related to the ENV p, even in situations where the original spectral information and TFS p are highly degraded. [110] Indeed, when the spectrally local TFS p from one sentence is combined with the ENV p from a second sentence, only the words of the second sentence are heard. [111]
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