Introduction
In all the three spheres of development namely language, social and academic there seems to be four dynamic groups involved: hearing parents with hearing children; hearing parents with deaf children; deaf parents with hearing children; and finally, deaf parents with deaf children. This paper seeks to explore how these groups interact and affect the development of children. It also expounds on the disparities that exist among the four groups. While it is clear that these children do not have much difference developmentally, the parents have to devise unique ways to ensure their children are not disadvantaged. Language forms the ...