This quest for some basic data was stimulated by a request from an EP colleague for background information to aid planning in the case of a hearing child, in his first term of Year 2, who has profoundly deaf parents.
CODA Info Pack
From 2005, the information pack available to all to read to understand all things CODA in short.
Understanding and assisting hearing children of deaf parents a review of the literature
From 1994, this review of the literature on hearing children of deaf parents (HCDPs) notes increasing interest in this subject.
Resources for Deaf Parents With Hearing Children
Useful resources to explore.
Deaf Family Issues: CODAS and Identity
The question “Am I hearing or am I deaf?” often creates an identity conflict for hearing children raised in a bilingual and bicultural family where one or both parents are D/deaf.
Incidental Word Learning in a Hearing Child of Deaf Adults
It is unclear how children develop the ability to learn words incidentally (i.e., without direct instruction or numerous ex- posures). This investigation examined the early achievement of this skill by longitudinally tracking the expressive vocab- ulary and incidental word-learning capacities of a hearing child of Deaf adults who was natively learning American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English.
Coda Fact Sheet (Hearing) Offspring of Deaf Parents
Newsletter from CODA US.
Exploring Linguistic and Cultural Identity: My Personal Experience
Jemina Napier talks about her experience about her deaf parents and explore beyond the deaf world.
The Family; Children of Deaf share their lives
”I say to my brother now, ‘Why couldn’t we ever talk about these things?’ ” said 22-year old Annjoy Marcus. ”It’s been such an important part of our lives.”
Coda Fact Sheet (Hearing) Offspring of Deaf Parents
Newsletter from CODA US.