#1. Yes I was born hard of hearing.
#2. I have two children, born with both parent being deaf. Both children are hearing.
#3, #4 and #5 is answered in #2.
My deafness is since birth.
Father due to childhood illness.
To add I was raised orally. Til 1989 I attended to a Deaf school. Parents don't know signs
Ex Hubby. The father was raised in a Deaf school. His parents knew a few signs but mostly oral.