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Challenges CODAs face

Because CODAs are hearing, but are raised in visual signing environments, some face difficulty with social and cultural norms that differ from the norms within their deaf community. Some CODAs receive enough exposure to spoken language models through extended family members, neighbors, and television. Other CODAs require speech therapy, due to limited exposure to spoken language. Typically, CODAs attend hearing schools. Due to the dichotomy between the culture in their Deaf home and the hearing culture in their school, many CODAs feel that they don't fully fit in with either culture.