Originally Posted by jillio

There are reams of research and studies that show that deaf of deaf more closely approximate the academic achievement of their hearing peers. And yes, the reason is obvious. No language delays, and deaf of deaf are exposed to signing from birth. That facillitates their learning of English. If you are truly interested in reading these studies in order to expand your knowlege abase, I will be more than happy to provide you with the information on where to locate them. If, however, that was an attempt at sarcasm, I will not bother. Let me know which it is.