“They're not willing to accommodate Deaf patients”: Communication experiences of Deaf American Sign Language users in the emergency department

TG James, KA Coady, JMR Stacciarini… - Qualitative Health …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Deaf people who use American Sign Language (ASL) are more likely to use the emergency
department (ED) than their hearing English-speaking counterparts and are also at higher …

Diabetes Care Disparities in Deaf/Hard of Hearing and Blind/Low Vision Populations

AS Hughes, K Mirus, NM Heydarian… - Current Diabetes …, 2025 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Describe the connection between Deaf/hard of hearing (DHH)
and diabetes, explain the bidirectional relationship of blind/low vision (BLV) and diabetes …

The study of ableism in population health: a critical review

KM Mannor, BL Needham - Frontiers in Public Health, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Over the past three decades, health equity has become a guiding framework for
documenting, explaining, and informing the promotion of population health. With these …

Community-Driven Information Accessibility: Online Sign Language Content Creation within d/Deaf Communities

X Tang, X Chang, N Chen, Y Ni, RAY LC… - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Information access is one of the most significant challenges faced by d/Deaf signers due to a
lack of sign language information. Given the challenges in machine-driven solutions, we …

How to communicate with patients who are D/deaf or have hearing loss

H Grote, F Izagaren, V O'Brien - bmj, 2021 - bmj.com
• A Deaf person who uses British Sign Language (BSL) has a legal right to services in their
own language. Support D/deaf people in using their preferred method of communication in …

Comparison of access to primary care medical and dental appointments between simulated patients who were deaf and patients who could hear

E Schniedewind, RP Lindsay, S Snow - JAMA Network Open, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Primary medical and dental clinics may accept fewer people who are deaf as
patients than persons who can hear, and clinics may deny requests by patients who are deaf …

Healthcare barriers among working-age persons with disabilities in Trinidad

B Parey, L Sinanan - Qualitative Health Research, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Even though easily accessible and cost-effective healthcare is a fundamental human right,
many persons with disabilities experience healthcare barriers and poor health outcomes …

Access to effective communication aids and services among American Sign Language users across North Carolina: Disparities and strategies to address them

MJ Myers, IE Annis, J Withers, L Williamson… - Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To examine the extent to which communication aids and services used by
American Sign Language (ASL) users and their healthcare providers aligns with …

Customizing Generated Signs and Voices of AI Avatars: Deaf-Centric Mixed-Reality Design for Deaf-Hearing Communication

S Chen, H Cheng, S Su, S Patterson… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
This study investigates innovative interaction designs for communication and collaborative
learning between learners of mixed hearing and signing abilities, leveraging advancements …

US Deaf Community Perspectives on Automatic Sign Language Translation

N Tran, RE Ladner, D Bragg - Proceedings of the 25th International ACM …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Millions of Deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) people primarily use a sign language for
communication, but there is a lack of adequate sign language interpreting to fill these …