The Rigors Faced by Hearing Children of Deaf Parents
ASSIGNMENT
The Rigors Faced By Children of Hearing Impaired Parents
Submitted To:
Dr. Humaira Bano
Submitted By:
Kunwal Javaid
Roll No. E12-336
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB, LAHORE
Chapter One Introduction Children with deaf parents are as varied as children in the general population. Some excel academically, others are athletically endowed. Children with deaf parents can be avid readers, budding musicians or creative artists. Some feel at ease in almost any situation while other children may feel more comfortable in the familiar surroundings of their family and community. “Mother father deaf” is a phrase commonly used in the deaf community to identify a hearing child of deaf parents (HCDP). Statistics show that over 90% of all deaf parents have hearing children, referred to as CODA’s (children of deaf adults.) These are families that bridge the divide between the hearing and deaf worlds, thus facing unique communication and parenting challenges. (Clark, 2003) Hearing children born to Deaf parents often experience a delicate balancing act between two worlds: the culture and language of their Deaf parents, and the “hearing world” of their peers and teachers. Hearing child tenderly become a robot of words and sounds for people, caught between the world of the deaf and the world of hearing people. (Walker, 1986) A hearing child of Deaf parents may be considered bilingual in Pakistani Sign Language and Urdu (or trilingual if another spoken language dominates their home environment, e.g. regional language or English). A child who is a native signer of PSL should not be considered language-impaired or language-delayed. Instead, that child is most likely
The Rigors Faced By Children of Hearing Impaired Parents
Submitted To:
Dr. Humaira Bano
Submitted By:
Kunwal Javaid
Roll No. E12-336
DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB, LAHORE
Chapter One Introduction Children with deaf parents are as varied as children in the general population. Some excel academically, others are athletically endowed. Children with deaf parents can be avid readers, budding musicians or creative artists. Some feel at ease in almost any situation while other children may feel more comfortable in the familiar surroundings of their family and community. “Mother father deaf” is a phrase commonly used in the deaf community to identify a hearing child of deaf parents (HCDP). Statistics show that over 90% of all deaf parents have hearing children, referred to as CODA’s (children of deaf adults.) These are families that bridge the divide between the hearing and deaf worlds, thus facing unique communication and parenting challenges. (Clark, 2003) Hearing children born to Deaf parents often experience a delicate balancing act between two worlds: the culture and language of their Deaf parents, and the “hearing world” of their peers and teachers. Hearing child tenderly become a robot of words and sounds for people, caught between the world of the deaf and the world of hearing people. (Walker, 1986) A hearing child of Deaf parents may be considered bilingual in Pakistani Sign Language and Urdu (or trilingual if another spoken language dominates their home environment, e.g. regional language or English). A child who is a native signer of PSL should not be considered language-impaired or language-delayed. Instead, that child is most likely
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