DUMMER — Marie Holt is a 3-year-old Dummer girl who uses cued speech with her family to access spoken language. Marie is deaf-blind, which means she has impairments in both her hearing and vision.
“It’s no mistake that my wife Heather has degrees in communication sciences and disorders, school counseling, and play and creative arts therapies ... all of which have been invaluable in teaching Marie thus far and choosing a mode of communication (cued speech) to allow Marie full access to the speaking world,” said her father, John.
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