Hillary Franklin posted a blog about what Cued Speech is. Highly recommended, whether you're already familiar with cued speech or not. I'd also recommend this 10-minute documentary on Youtube about cued speech, most particularly because it has some interviews that are cued (it's also subtitled, signed, and voiced, so regardless of your communication style, there you go).

I'm hoping to get in some regular CS practice when I'm home this summer (two more weeks, whee!). I probably won't have (m)any opportunities to practice my receptive skills, but at least I can try to get my productive abilities to a point where I'm comfortable cueing, rather than falling back on signing. I read lips well enough that I can probably get by in a cueing environment without a huge amount of trouble, and that should give me the exposure I need to get better at the receptive end. As it stands now, I tend to switch to ASL with some people, and speech with others - interesting conversations, but not very productive from a pedagogical point of view.

Dammit, I gotta stop drinking caffeine in the evening.