Paired associate learning can now be given in a signed version.
The mode of communication during development appears to impact cognitive processing, with higher performances on sequential recall, phonemic skills, rhyming, and reading for individuals who use Cued Speech compared to those whose primary language during childhood involved signed communication.
Cuers appear to base their approach to phonology on the oral-manual cues ,while oral deaf individuals use a speech reading phonemic code and deaf native users of ASL use phonemic decoding strategies for English that differ from those of hearing individuals.