[header] How to pick a school for your deaf or hard of hearing child [title] Decide if you want to send them to a school for the deaf. [step] At a school for the deaf, your child will be in class with other deaf or hard of hearing children. The teachers may be either deaf or hard of hearing themselves. 
Schools for the deaf will work with your child in sign language and other forms of visual communication. There are both local and residential schools for the deaf.