The following is the first article in the six-part series Deaf in Utah. The next article will run on Feb. 2. Kim Smith knew from the start that video remote interpreting was going to become a problem.

CROWNSVILLE, Md. (ABC7) — The coronavirus pandemic has created a new set of challenges for those who are deaf or hard of hearing, especially for those who read lips in order to communicate. Randi ...

Sometimes, even the simplest things, like making a telephone call, can be so complicated. In the past, whenever Mafalda Rubano and Dana Ricci, who are both deaf, wanted to talk to each other on the ...

Two years ago, Connecticut hospitals and the state’s deaf residents came to an agreement guaranteeing that a sign language interpreter arrive in an examining room within an hour of the need for care.

Terry Murray said he was in hospital for 24 hours without an interpreter [BBC] A deaf man who spent 24 hours in hospital without the support of an interpreter said staff were shouting out his name ...

As Lothair, a white Sheltie therapy dog, makes his way in to United States Air Force Hospital Langley in Hampton, Va., for his weekly visit to meet with patients, he walks tall and proud into the ...

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— A deaf woman who struggled for two weeks to communicate with doctors and nurses as she underwent tests and was diagnosed with kidney cancer now is being provided with sign language interpreters 24 ...

The Rhode Island Association of the Deaf is suing Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan Health for allegedly not providing qualified sign language interpreters to communicate with deaf patients or their ...

A health trust has apologised to a deaf couple after hospital staff did not know what a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter was. Colleen Agnew's husband was taken to hospital recently after an ...

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) -- Most parents will tell you there are times when they don't speak the same language as their kids. Theresa Posthuma is a certified interpreter of her son's language, but it took ...