![]() On the other hand, the lowercase ‘d’ in ‘deafness’ is a term that refers to an audiological concept relating to hearing difficulties (Murray et al. The uppercase ‘D’ in ‘Deaf’ culture signifies cultural membership in a community with a shared language and experience (Murray, Klinger & McKinnon 2007). ![]() The term ‘deaf’ refers to an audiological status, while ‘Deaf’ refers to a cultural identity (Lane, Hoffmeister & Bahan 1996 Lucas & Valli 1990). More specifically, this study aims to describe the delegation of the language broker role in Deaf-parented families and to understand the dynamics that gender and birth order may play in the delegation of this role.Ī distinction is made between audiological deafness (‘deaf’) and cultural deafness (‘Deaf’). Therefore, this study seeks to capture and highlight the experiences of hearing children born to Deaf parents in South Africa. In general, there is very limited research on the experiences of CODAs in South Africa. As a result, these families, more specifically the CODAs, may then need to bridge the gap between the hearing and Deaf worlds and, therefore, may face unique communication and cultural challenges (Clark 2003). Therefore, the lives of hearing children of Deaf adults (CODAs) may inherently incorporate the ambiguity of being culturally ‘Deaf’ and yet functionally hearing. What makes these family settings unique is the fact that cultures differ in a sense that the Deaf community uses Sign Language as a mode of communication, whereas the hearing community uses spoken language to communicate. Authors such as Preston ( 1995) report that hearing children of Deaf parents are raised in unique, extraordinary family settings as they may be exposed to and interact with two differing cultural, social and linguistic systems: one of their Deaf parents and the Deaf community and one of hearing peers and adults. International studies conducted on hearing children of deaf parents show that these children are raised in families where there appears to be unique dynamics in relation to hearing children born to hearing parents. ![]() Globally, it is suggested that 90% of people with audiological deafness who have children have hearing children (Christodoulou et al.
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