Visual Cues, Decoding, Literacy and the Brain

Reading for children with hearing impairment is quite complex because understanding the alphabetic principle is based on matching auditory experiences of the 44 phonemes (auditory memory) of the aural English language to the limited 26-alphabetic code.

Three formal programs that use visual cues to highlight recognition of phonemes are (a) the Lindamood Phonemic Sequencing (LIPS) programs, formerly called Auditory Discrimination in Depth (ADD); (b) cued speech, adaptable to all spoken languages; and (c) visual phonics, a visual representation for phonemic recognition and sound transcription.

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