I am one that hears and has had interest in becoming an interpreter for my church. I love to sign what little I've come to know. I also just had a baby this past month in Jan that failed her first hearing test and will be tested again in ten days. I know probably getting cart in front of horse but better to research and be prepaired for whats best than wait and not know later. I have questions.
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Welcome to AllDeaf!!! 
Good luck with the little one and treasure the child always, no matter what.
You could start both of you on an ASL journey with "Signing Times" videos or there are other designed for signing with babies. I have seen babies as young as 6-8 months beginning to sign with their parents and they were all hearing. You just start from day one and keep it up, and before long the baby will pick it up and use it like nothing. If you find that your baby is hearing, then you will have started her on a path of having bi-lingual language.
Good luck and have a fantastic journey. Be sure to check different parts of this forum as we are a very diverse group of people. Some born deaf, some late-deafened, some parents of deaf or hard of hearing, some hard of hearing. We also have a lot with hearing aids and some with cochlear implants. We even have some deaf/blind people as well. I myself am late-deafened and total deaf. Like I say - we are a very diverse group of individuals. We do get into debates and have a lot of fun that is sometimes misunderstood, but just know that we all respect each other's individualism.
Good luck with the little one and treasure the child always, no matter what.
You could start both of you on an ASL journey with "Signing Times" videos or there are other designed for signing with babies. I have seen babies as young as 6-8 months beginning to sign with their parents and they were all hearing. You just start from day one and keep it up, and before long the baby will pick it up and use it like nothing. If you find that your baby is hearing, then you will have started her on a path of having bi-lingual language.
Good luck and have a fantastic journey. Be sure to check different parts of this forum as we are a very diverse group of people. Some born deaf, some late-deafened, some parents of deaf or hard of hearing, some hard of hearing. We also have a lot with hearing aids and some with cochlear implants. We even have some deaf/blind people as well. I myself am late-deafened and total deaf. Like I say - we are a very diverse group of individuals. We do get into debates and have a lot of fun that is sometimes misunderstood, but just know that we all respect each other's individualism.
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Welcome & congrats for your new baby!
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to AllDeaf forum. If you want to become a ASL interpreter, then you need to go from Advanced ASL class to going to college for Interpreting course unless they have it in your area. If not, then find the college that have an interpreting program near your area. I don't know where you live. As for the baby, congratulation!! As the baby grows whether the baby have hearing loss or not, it is a good tool to sign baby signs. Signing Times might help you and your baby communicate better. So good luck on becoming an interpreter someday. Just have fun reading and posting all the threads here. See you around here. 
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G'day and welcome to AD.
Congrats on your blessing! Don't worry so much about hearing test. Sometimes it just fails because of water in her ears or something. But if she does fail next time, don't freak out.
I applaud you for wanting to be informed of all options out there.
Have fun learning ASL. It's a cool language.
Cheers
Congrats on your blessing! Don't worry so much about hearing test. Sometimes it just fails because of water in her ears or something. But if she does fail next time, don't freak out.
I applaud you for wanting to be informed of all options out there.
Have fun learning ASL. It's a cool language.
Cheers
Congratulations on your new little one. The newborn screen is how we found our daughter's hearing loss as well. They told us that its very, very common for the test not to work right, and for non-issue things to cause the false reading- and that is true. So, that is in your favor.
For us, they even tried to tell us the machine was broken, as, "they've never had anyone test abnormal". Unfortunately, our daughter became the first baby born at our 100 year old hospital with an early diagnosed hearing loss.
We had three OAE tests (the normal newborn screen), and then were referred to a University hospital for another OAE, and then eventually an ABR under sedation.
If you want to compare notes, it sounds like we're in similar situations. The people here have been a good resource for us, and I'm sure they will for you, too.
For us, they even tried to tell us the machine was broken, as, "they've never had anyone test abnormal". Unfortunately, our daughter became the first baby born at our 100 year old hospital with an early diagnosed hearing loss.
We had three OAE tests (the normal newborn screen), and then were referred to a University hospital for another OAE, and then eventually an ABR under sedation.
If you want to compare notes, it sounds like we're in similar situations. The people here have been a good resource for us, and I'm sure they will for you, too.