Children with deafness who have parents who are also deaf
A)develop language more slowly than do infants with deafness who have hearing parents.
B)tend to be overly dependent on their parents when they reach school age.
C)develop ASL at a rate similar to the rate at which hearing infants develop English.
D)have difficulty relating to hearing children when placed in mainstream preschool settings.

Question

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

Children with deafness who have deaf parents have access to ASL from birth, and as a result, they develop language in a manner similar to hearing infants who are exposed to spoken language from birth. These children have the potential to become bilingual in both ASL and English. Therefore, they do not have a slow development of language as option A suggests. Option B and D may not necessarily be true for all cases as it depends on various factors.

Children with Deafness Who Have Parents Who Are Also Deaf