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interpreter trained in health care A health care situation is a special situation , due to current HIPAA law. The interpreter that you choose/afford must have an understanding of ethics and HIPAA. Because if they divulge details of the case, you could be liable as well as they.

Didn't realize at first the posts were from 2012. Oh well.

I should have mentioned... We made a decision early on to use total communication. So, we sign as best we can as we speak, in our family- simultaneous (for the most part) speech and sign. My daughter had a cochlear implant, which she used from 6 til 14. At 14, she expressed that she preferred...

Colleen, I remember well how it felt to be "that deaf family" in public places like restaurants, etc. Sure people stare. I think after a while, after some experience, we just desensitized to it. We didn't care what people thought, as we thought, "this is what we do in our family" to relate to...

hearing vs deaf college Hi, I am a hearing parent of a deaf adult daughter (28). My daughter has experienced homebound program, deaf pre-school as well as hearing Montessori and daycares, public school deaf programs in 2 cities as well as hearing high school with deaf support. She did...

Hi, I was helping to edit an assignment of my daughter's for English and suggested to her that she post her review of the documentary Sound and Fury (You Tube) , in a forum for hearing parents of deaf children. She is profoundly deaf, 28, and currently in grad school for Rehab Counseling...