how do deaf parents manage?

Question

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?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

My brother-in-law is deaf. He has vibrating alerts that run on a backup battery. Fortunately, my sister is hearing so it works out even if the batteries were to go out. But deafness is natural to him. He even said that he picks up vibrations when he talks to people (he can speak mostly and reads lips).

You can also get sound activated alerts I believe that will turn the light on or something. I'm not sure how they cope really, but I feel blessed that my husband and I can hear.

Answer 3

My mom was deaf until she got a cochlear implant and know she can hear me if I am standing behind her. Use an battery operated monitor, make sure it is working every time you go to sleep. It''l be hard for you and the child growing up. My mom has an accent I talk a different way with her and never can talk to her on the phone because she can't hear well. it's a lot to handle, but I never and won't give up. there is also a baby monitor that shows you the baby is moving with hearing it, you can see it on the screen, it uses electricity or batteries. Check it out

Answer 4

Deaf parents are great at parenting. My ASL instructor is a deaf single mom. Her chid monitor is battery powered so there is no danger of it not working because the batteries are rechargeable and she changes them on a regular basis. Her son was communicating at a much earlier age than "hearing/speaking" children because he learned sign language. He could communicate when he was hungry before he was a year old. He could finger spell what it was he wanted (was great at the sign for cookie! LOL) While hearing/speaking toddlers will point and grunt or rudimentally verblize what they want (such as a toy) he could fingerspell it. Now at 5 years old he speaks very clearly, (he is not deaf), and is able to sit and listen much better in his kindergarten class than most his age because he is used to having to pay strict attention when his mother communicates with him.

Answer 5

I would think they deal alot better than parrents that can hear. They probably don't have to yell as much and their kids are alot better behaived becasue they have to pay attention to be able to talk to their parents with sign language. I would think it would be great. They can't yell in sign language. They probably talk threw alot more then a parent that can hell and complain about noise all the time. ??

Answer 6

I wish I were deaf! Gosh, all the noise in this house can drive one to jump out a window! (ok, so I have a ranch house...but that's beside the point)

Answer 7

they are actually more in tune with there kids i would think and they have special parenting classes there is not all that much difference in the ones that can hear and the ones that can they only bad thing is when the kid gets older and starts to talk and such there mom and dad may not know wat they are saying but then again they can read lips it is there sixth sense