90% of of deaf children have hearing parents, and only 10% of hearing parents learn to sign. Read one mom’s story about the barriers of communication between hearing parents and their deaf children.
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When we implanted our profoundly deaf two-year-old son Micah with cochlear implants, we gave little thought to American Sign Language or Deaf Culture. We were a hearing family, following the council of our audiologists, and under enormous pressure, we made the best decision we could with the information we had at the time. Micah received … More 13 Reasons to Sign to Your Hard of Hearing or Cochlear Implanted Child
Welcome to On Deafness, a blog about raising deaf and hard of hearing children in a hearing world. … More Welcome
