R. Orin Cornett

Dr. R. Orin Cornett (1913-2002) is an American physicist .

Born in Driftwood, Oklahoma, Cornett received his Ph.D. in physics and Applied Mathematics from the University of Texas. In 1965 he began working as the Vice President of Long-Range Planning at Gallaudet College (now Gallaudet University). While working at Gallaudet (a university predominantly attended by deaf students), he discovered that many deaf adults fail to achieve literacy at a native-level. To solve this problem, he devised a phonemic system to render English visually rather than acoustically. He named his system Cued Speech and it is used around the world.

External links

• Cued Language Network of America
• Cued Speech Association UK
• Testing, Evaluation, and Certification Unit (TECUnit)
• Cued Speech Discovery
• Language Matters, Inc.
• DailyCues.com
• Cued Speech Info
• Biography of Dr. R. Orin Cornett
• Cued Speech Products
• Cuetah: Learn Cued Speech!
• Cued Portuguese: Português Falado Complementado