Do Deaf people have Deaf children?
Only 10% of deaf people have deaf children, although 60% of deaf people do not know the cause of their deafness, and much of that may be attributed to genetic issues which could increase the statistic above. Deaf people who are genetically deaf can have either a pair of recessive genes causing their deafness or a dominant gene passed down from their parents. Many Hearing parents do not realize that they are carrying genes for deafness until they have Deaf children.
