Teaching Deaf Children (1972)

Unused / unissued material -
London. Voiceovered news report.
Various shots of a woman teacher with small group of deaf of hearing impaired children. She is teaching them sign language and new technique for speaking. In voiceover she is explaining the techniques used. CUs of her and the children.
Pan from River Thames to building where children are taught. Shots of classroom in back garden. MS interview with teacher. She talks about 'Cued speech'. CU diagrams of hands showing what letters they represent. More shots of interview. Shots of other teacher with children. More shots of interviews and classroom teaching.
FILM ID:3281.02
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[@Deafdoggy]

This is an example of cued speech. It's a system of hand signals supposedly to help with speech comprehension. I flat refused to use it because none of my friends would learn it, only my mother so i couldn't see the point! I was 11 years old at the time, severely deaf 😢