Literacy is the ability to read and write proficiently, which allows one to understand and communicate ideas so as to participate in a literate society.
The editor of the Cued Speech Journal reports that "Research indicating that Cued Speech does greatly improve the reception of spoken language by profoundly deaf children was reported in 1979 by Gaye Nicholls, and in 1982 by Nicholls and Ling."[REF] .