Krakowiak, K., Leszka, J. e Bialas, M. (2007/2008). Cued speech in Poland. Revista Portuguesa de Psicologia, 40, 121-139.
Abstract
The Polish version of Cued Speech was worked out and scientifically described by the Kazimiera Krakowiak in 1984. Nowadays the method is known in Poland by the name “fonogesty”.
The aim of this paper is to show the results of the research which suggest that cued speech helps to change the level of education of the deaf and improves the quality of their lives. The results prove also the thesis of one of the hearing impaired students would learn more willingly, as it would be easier for them.
Cued speech gives to deaf people the access to the form of language. Cued speech improves the ability of the visual perception of speech. It is the direct effects of using the additional gestures and the permanent results of their influence on the development of the linguistic competence. This fact is proved by comparing the results of the language tests which have been done for groups educated by means of the three methods: Cued Speech, the oral method and sign language. The students have to lip-read and write down: a) articulatory-visual particles, b) open syllables, c) words, d) sentences, e) artificial words. The results were statistically analysed and showed in diagrams.
It is possible to estimate Cued Speech only after several years of using it, when one can estimate that a person with a profound hearing loss is able to use the national language in an independent and creative way. Now, after sixteen years of using Cued Speech in Poland, we have the possibility to communicate with people, who have reached a sufficient level of these skills.
Key-words: cued speech, deaf education, methods of deaf education.