this is why. this is why learning sign language is so important, it enriches the communication between a deaf child and hearing parents. *we are deaf parents and our daughter is a CODA*. it is a language. more than 90% of deaf kids are born to hearing parents and 70% of parents don’t learn sign language which impacts those deaf children significantly. this is why we scream for our advocacy of our rights and our language. many deaf children are facing language deprivation impacting their liveliho