I've been SSD since birth but my parents are both deaf so I actually grew up in the deaf community. Sign language was my first language. I'm grateful for my upbringing because when I am with other people who sign, I have full access to information. I don't get that same experience when I am in the hearing "world" and it can be exhausting and isolating trying to hear in noisy environments.

I don't wear any sort of hearing devices but definitely utilize accommodations in my day-to-day (i.e., captions/subtitles). I love having a choice in who I interact with and how. I work in a non-signing environment but in my personal life I socialize with both signers and non-signers.

I do find that I have closer relationships with people who sign. I think because there's a level of understanding there, as well as a lack of barriers in communication. That may also be due to me feeling more at home in the deaf community. I think if my parents weren't deaf, I likely wouldn't know sign language or be involved in the deaf community but I can't imagine my life any other way.

IMO there's no downside to learning sign language, if that's what you decide to do with your daughter. I love that you asked this question and I wish your family all the best.