Deaf Children

The following information covers a wide range of statistics and research findings that apply to deaf children:

1 child in every 1,000 births are born without the capacity to hear
90% of all deaf children are born to parents who have the capacity to fully hear
The majority of deaf children do not begin learning any form of language until they begin school when they turn 5 or 6-years-old
Deaf children of hearing adults often times display delays in their language development and their social development