Background: The implication of health literacy is the ability of individuals to find, understand,
and use their required health information from reliable sources. It is an indicator of the …

This is a vocabulary research manual. It aims to give you the background knowledge
necessary to design rigorous and effective research studies into the behavior of L1 and L2 …

Sign language in action is a term that we have coined to encompass how sign languages
are used in everyday life. In Chapter 2, we framed the notion of sign language in action …

Objective Deaf individuals often face communication challenges within healthcare settings.
Given the importance of the role played by physicians in shaping patients' health outcomes …

Investigations of iconicity in language, whereby interactants coordinate meaningful bodily
actions to create resemblances, are prevalent across the human communication sciences …

This chapter explores the complexity of the healthcare interpreter's role, based on a
discourse analysis of naturally-occurring data collected in Australia. We draw on Llewellyn …

This paper examines recent lexical expansion in New Zealand Sign Language (NZSL) in the
context of change in the status of the language and ongoing contact with other (spoken and …

Purpose We aimed to systematically review and meta-analyze published evidence on
modes of communication between healthcare professionals and patients with hearing loss …

Background and Objective: People with hearing impairments have not accessed well to
health information sources compared to people with normal hearing. The study aims to show …

Background Adults who are deaf or hard of hearing (D/HoH) have lower levels of health
literacy compared to their counterparts who can hear. It is unclear, however, whether or not …