Q&A Part 1 Video - How I became Deaf, Why she signs, Kids, and More | Deaf and Hearing Couple 

Our Sign World, the reason I think Courtney speak when she gets upset is because when we get upset or become emotional we go back to our native tounge ( language ). Same thing happens to me. I am tri-lingual. English, Spanish and ASL. I tend to speak spanish, my first language, when I become upset. My opinion

Hi! I am hearing and my hubby is Deaf. We have been married for 33 years and have 4 children and one grandchild. We have some things in common with you two :) Take care!

It's so sweet that your family learned sign to communicate with Zach before they officially met him!

The first time I tried to sign my name to my non-verbal autistic stepson (who wasn’t my stepson yet) when picking him up at his group home, you should have SEEN how excited he got….and he started signing like crazy….to which I panicked like anyone who’s barely eeking out a few words and people think they’re fluent… But it showed my stepson I cared…maybe that’s one reason why I passed the “test” and became his stepmom ;-). Kudos to you two!

I cried hearing about how your parents took sign classes , that’s so sweet

I left an on campus school and went to an online school when I was in college. The one thing that I missed the most was my ASL class. I felt like I was really getting somewhere and I could finally talk a little bit with my grandpa! If any hearing people are considering taking classes and really want to get into the deaf community, just do it! You learn so much and you get to meet so many new awesome people that you wouldn't have without it. My one teacher assigned to us to go to deaf community events to help immerse us into the community and become more comfortable with our signing. I know exactly what you're talking about with the deer in headlights thing. I felt the same way too. But I found that deaf people didnt care if I messed anything up. You just work together to figure out what you're saying and how to say (sign) it. It's only a barrier if you make it one. I appreciate your insight from a deaf person to a hearing person since we clearly have no clue what it's like, and especially if you dont know literally and figuratively how to ask. I think knowing that deaf people arent offended when a hearing person tries to sign (and sometimes fails) is encouraging to those who may not be familiar with the culture. Thank you for putting that information out there! I'm so glad I found this channel. You guys are awesome!

Hi from Oklahoma 💜💜

I just found your channel and I love it! I took ASL for 3 years in high school, and then loved it so much that it motivated me to go to school to become a teacher for the deaf. I was a deaf-ed teacher for 6 years before quitting so that I could stay home when I had my first baby. Zach, you are SOOOOO blessed that your parents immersed themselves in learning sign language for you. In my 6 years of teaching deaf kids, only 2 kids had parents who could sign fluently....and that was because the parents were deaf themselves. The rest of my kids went home to houses where they relied on gestures and pointing to communicate with their parents, and it made me so sad. Courtney, you are also so blessed that your family is so supportive of your marriage to Zach that they also tried their best to learn sign language in order to communicate with him. You two are a beautiful couple, and I look forward to watching more of your videos!

I love the fact that teaching signing to babies, hearing or not, they can sign REALLY young, long before verbal speech capabilities. Look forward to seeing what your young'uns have to say at an early age (once you are ready!) Love your vlogs!

After I learn spanish, ASL is next. I love how expressive it is and how it opens up a whole new world and culture. ❤️

I’m watching this directly after RU-vid suggested your pregnancy announcement video to me 🎉 congrats you guys! You will be filming your children sooner than you know.

I am starting my first sign language class tomorrow! So excited! As a child, my mom taught me the alphabet, but that is the extent of my ability. I find it so odd that families would not at least learn alphabet and basic "hi how are you" type of things for their son in law. In my mind...I would love to be able to communicate at least on a basic level...spanish, english, asl. Any language. It makes me sad to think there are families that won't even learn to sign for their own children, but it happens. So glad I found your channel!

I am so glad that your video came up as a suggestion video on my news feed. I am hard of hearing and my boyfriend is completely deaf. We both use sign language daily for communication with each other and when we are at college. We both met at Gallaudet University. Then both of us decided to transferred back to the local university in his hometown. I haven’t found too many youtubers who sign using American Sign Language. I follow this one hearing/deaf couple; signduo I believe is the channel name, follow this one couple that’s sign. But both of them are hearing. The wife is an interpreter somewhere in California I believe, then there is Riki Pointer but she voices in most of her video (they all have captions; she is a big support of caption usage in all videos) but once in a while she will sign in asl. She is deaf as well but grew up oral. I also follow a few other people but they sign in a different language but have captions in English on their videos.

Im like sobbing you guys are so cute ;-; like ugh it's just so wholesome and loving, you guys have awesome families and are awesome people and parents now too. I hope things continue going well for you guys, you truly deserve all the blessings

Courtney and Zach thank you so much for filming and sharing your lives. I always found sign language interesting and have been learning some of it by watching RU-vidrs. Courtney you are the mother and wife we all want to be like! I can’t wait to watch more videos

I was sad to see the video end! I got SO into it. I love this, thanks for making this q&a! xx

I just found your channel last night, and I'm so glad I did! You two seem like amazing people. and I can't wait for future videos!

i find it really cute how they both will add in signs the other may be stalling on to help them remember better! i haven't really seen that with many couples so its really sweet to see you two easily help each other out in such a simple way!

One of your vlogs came up, in my "suggested for you", yesterday, and I instantly fell in love with both of you. I am an interpreter, for the deaf, so I am surprised that I have just found you. I find that I enjoy turning off the sound, and just watching you talk. The music distracts. Thank you for sharing your life, we need more of this!

Loved this video! Feel much closer to you both. You both are so blessed with the love and support you get from both families!! Can be rare in those kinds of situations. Thanks for answering my question :)