FLINT — 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 ... [...] more »

If you were deaf and hospitalized, chances are you wouldn't have had a sign-language interpreter. [...] more »

The Bligh Government is delivering an extra $300000 to strengthen interpreting and translating services for Queensland's deaf and multicultural communities. ... [...] more »

What music does a deaf Glastonbury-goer listen to? You could find the answer at the Deaf Zone, founded by self-styled "deaf hippy" Paddy Ladd, who provides translators to sign from designated locations on site. The 40 to 50 deaf people who made it this year were asked who they wanted translated. [...] more »

I almost never come across news stories about certified deaf interpreters, or deaf people planning to become certified deaf interpreters. Today I came across this one about a deaf man who just completed an interpreter preparation program. [...] more »

Seven hearing-impaired emergency room patients are suing Baptist Health Systems for allegedly failing to provide qualified sign language interpreters. [...] more »

A deaf couple has filed complaints with the state Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities, claiming Derby police should have provided them with a sign language interpreter after they got into a car accident last year. Wendell Hunte of 10 Boston Ave., Bridgeport, and Emori Tompkins of 57 Smith St., Derby, each filed a complaint against the city, the Police Department and police commission, claiming police violated the Americans with Disabilities Act and state law. [...] more »

How hard are things for deaf and hard of hearing people in Kenya? Try this: The Standard reports that Kenya has just seven judicial interpreters to cover ... [...] more »

A UNIVERSITY centre that has played a "trailblazing role" in deaf studies could be forced to close its degree course amid money-saving cuts. Staff and students from the University of Bristol turned out in force yesterday to protest against the potential closure of the BSc Deaf Studies degree programme, something they allege would cause a critical shortage of sign language interpreters. [...] more »

In a city that is home to two nationally known schools for the deaf and a slew of world-class hospitals, the inability to provide a sign language interpreter is unforgivable. It also may be illegal. A federal lawsuit filed Monday claims that by failing to provide interpreters to 13 people, including Ms. Comas, who are both deaf and mentally ill -- and more than 1,100 others like them who are not plaintiffs in the suit -- Missouri violated federal law. ... [...] more »

Where can people who want to become interpreters for the deaf but who live in modernizing countries, go for training? [...] more »

Language Line Services, the leading provider of over-the-phone and video interpretation services, and NexTalk, Inc., the leader in deaf-accessible enterprise communication and remote interpreting solutions, have joined forces to offer an enhanced, computer-based version of Language Line(R) Video Interpreter Service, providing real-time connectivity to qualified interpreters on-demand, 24/7. This joint venture will create the largest video remote interpreter provider and make video interpretation as accessible as the Internet. [...] more »

A Cuban sign language interpreter took responsibility for translating the explanations about the sites visited; we realized that it was necessary to do something special for the deaf. From the very beginning they exhibited a great deal interest and posed lots of questions, but the pace of the interpretation slowed down the tours,” Gispert explained. This was how “Culture in One’s Hands” was born. Every month it offers historical tours, in addition to settings for discussions on cultural, historical and social issues with specialized interpretation services and the participation of specialists in the related fields. [...] more »

Low wages have been identified as the main reason for the lack of qualified sign language interpreters to assist the hearing impaired. The secretary-general of the National Office for Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Kingkaew Inwang, said there was a real need for more interpreters to help those with hearing problems, but they had to receive a suitably attractive salary. [...] more »

Back in the early 1990s, Betty Rosenberger, a deaf interpreter at University Hospital, had to give a patient the worst kind of bad news: He had been diagnosed with AIDS and had maybe two weeks to live. [...] more »