Assessing the Impact of Vidéo Remote Sign Language Interpreting in Healthcare

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, SWITZERLAND · Jul 25, 2023

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Background and Rationale:

In-person or VRI sign language interpretation is largely unavailable. In a scoping review, the researchers identified a knowledge gap regarding the quality of interpretation and training in sign language interpretation for health care. The researchers also found that this area is under-researched, and the evidence is scant. All available evidence came from high-income countries, which is particularly problematic given that most DHH persons live in low- and middle-income countries. Thus, the available literature shows that VRI may enable deaf users to overcome inte...

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • Uses Colombian Sign Language as the preferred language.
• • Enough sensorimotor, cognitive and communication skills to communicate independently with health personnel
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • Does not communicate using sign language.
• • Additional impairments which affect language development or the use of sign language.
• • Refusal of the participant's representative(s) to participate in the study,
• • Refusal of the participant's representative(s) to participate in a modality of the study,