Looking for background info......
deafskeptic - You state cued speech helped you, in what regard? Reading, writing, speaking??? How old were you and your classmates at this time? Were they provided the opportunity to learn CS? Did you cued at home and at school? Did other members of your family cue? How old were you when you learned to cue?
There are many variables to developing language skills. We are all products of our enviroment.