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Originally Posted by FireFly
I think two deaf parents raising a non-deaf child would be hard. Where is the child going to learn to speak? It's primary caregivers would never actually talk to it... It would be years before the child learns a language other than sign.
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True, but you see immigrant children learn english from TV and pre-school. Initially it would be tougher, but kids are really flexible.
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