Communication specificity within the "deaf parents - hearing children" dyad
The focus of this article is on families with hearing children and Deaf parents. The article briefly provides a description of the Deaf community, their primary language and communication tools. Communication patterns and Deaf families issues are discuss. We provide a survey among Deaf students that reveals their attitude towards prospective parenting of a supposed hearing child. It is important to recognize the needs of Deaf parent/hearing children families to provide and enhance linguistically and culturally appropriate services. Significant considerations about communication and cultural awareness for Deaf parent/hearing children families are discussed.