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Nicolas Hanquet; Laurence Meurant; Dany Etienne – Sign Language Studies, 2024
This study focuses on the practice of simultaneous co-interpreting in the media, specifically examining the interaction between a hearing interpreter (HI) and a deaf interpreter (DI). The HI's role in this context is to interpret the spoken source speech in Belgian French into French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB) for the DI, who, in turn, conveys…
Descriptors: Deafness, Deaf Interpreting, Dialogs (Language), Hearing (Physiology)
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Kuenburg, Alexa; Fellinger, Paul; Fellinger, Johannes – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2016
Access to health care without barriers is a clearly defined right of people with disabilities as stated by the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. The present study reviews literature from 2000 to 2015 on access to health care for deaf people and reveals significant challenges in communication with health providers and gaps in…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Access to Health Care, Civil Rights
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Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth M.; Thibert, Jonelle; Grandpierre, Viviane; Johnston, J. Cyne – First Language, 2014
Baby sign language is advocated to improve children's communication development. However, the evidence to support the advantages of baby sign has been inconclusive. A systematic review was undertaken to summarize and appraise the research related to the effectiveness of symbolic gestures for typically developing, hearing infants with hearing…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Child Language, Nonverbal Communication, Infants