Wednesday, May 15, 2013

how do deaf parents manage?

Q. What if the baby cries at night? They have vibrating alerts. But what if they dont work (i.e. power cut?)
How are children of deaf parents compare to hearing parents?

A. Like everyone else has said, the baby monitors have backup batteries.

Children of Deaf adults (affectionately called "CODAs") are not deficient in any way to children of hearing parents. Usually they are somewhat bi-lingual, and ASL is their first language, English is second. Sometimes CODAs have trouble with pronounciations of words. Most children correct how they pronounce words as they speak, but CODAs aren't as exposed to proper pronounciations as other children.

Children of Deaf adults are also usually somewhat closer to their parents. As they grow up learning both ASL and spoken English, they become interpreters for their parents. Of course, sometimes they take advantage of their parents (i.e. sneaking into the house at late hours), but generally what you have is a perfectly normal child who is fluent in both speaking and signing.





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