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From: Ann.Stalnaker@p0.f14.n385.z1.fidonet.org (Ann Stalnaker)
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Subject: Re: Sign Word for Paramedic
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Date: 4 Feb 91 21:50:03 GMT
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[This is from the Silent Talk Conference]

 > One local hospital some years ago actually used a hard-of-hearing
 > person to interpret!  She was an employee of the hospital.
 >  I talked with her about this and encouraged her to refuse
 > to do this.

May I ask why you feel a person who has a hearing impairment is not
qualified to be an interpreter????  I know quite a few who are certified
interpreters and they have a hearing loss of one degree or the other.

I think we all can help others in this way.  I have had this experience
several times, the most recent at the SHHH Convention in LR last
summer but I'll let Frank Hicinbothem tell you about that.

My brother who lives in DC and is profoundly deaf was one of the
first people to get his certification in oral interpreting.  He also
is quite proficient at signing and is often called to help out at
various places/meetings, etc.

Also, we have an excellent interpreter (both oral and sign) who works
for DHS, Mental Health Services - Services for the Deaf and HOH,
in Oklahoma City who travels all over the state to interpret who
is hearing impaired and her boss who is the director of the above
department is deaf.

I'm off my soap box now....

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