Rev. Denis Mermod of Geneva, Switzerland is credited with developing the Cued Speech adaptations for Malagasy and French with Dr. Cornett.
Mermod was a Presbyterian minister who planned to introduce both cued french and cued Malagasy at a school for deaf children called, Institute Pour Enfants Aveugles et Sourds Muets (The Institute for Blind and Deaf-Mute Children).
"Malagasy Cue System Adapted" Cued Speech News, May, 1973, Volume VI, No. 3