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Chapter 12 Border Crossing by Hearing Children of Deaf Parents: The Lost…
Chapter 12 Border Crossing by Hearing Children of Deaf Parents: The Lost History of CODA's
CODA
Child of Deaf Adult
Have 2 lives
Hearing world
Deaf world
Not considered Deaf because they can hear
Culture, experience language considers them partially Deaf
Grow up in Deaf family but not always Deaf world
Identity
Interpreter
Grow up forced to interpret all the time
Deaf people want CODA interpreters but don't trust them
It's okay to be an interpreter but should become professional one
Code switching
Switching between Deaf and Hearing world
At home Deaf world
Out in public, hearing world
Hides CODA in hearing world
Tired of explaining and validating to ignorant people
Family
Parents complain about hearing people
Then look at child and tell them they are hearing
This is true but can hurt child
One generation thick
Most CODA's go on to have hearing families
Most immigrant take 3 generations to be fully accultured