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 ...

MedStar Washington Hospital Center has installed an innovative videophone booth for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing to communicate with others in real-time. The Sorenson Video Relay Service® (SVRS®) ...

A review by STAT of court records and inspection reports of hospitals around the nation found dozens of instances in which deaf patients said they were not given adequate interpreter services. In one ...

A deaf man who spent 24 hours in hospital without the support of an interpreter said staff were shouting out his name despite being told he could not hear. Terry Murray, from Rugby, is among a group ...

In a settlement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Boston, Beverly (Mass.) Hospital has promised to expand interpreter services for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, according to a release from ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A prominent advocate for the deaf is suing the Cleveland Clinic over accusations that the hospital failed to provide sign language interpreters during his doctor’s appointments and ...

This year, Alma Andrews, of Pasadena, spent 11 days in the Baltimore Washington Medical Center in Glen Burnie. Every day, Andrews, who is deaf, asked for an interpreter, she said. But instead of ...

Lower court said law doesn't allow suits for 'isolated incidents' Appeals court disagreed, saying facts were specific to case Father needed translation service to communicate wife's complicated ...