Spokane medical student Luke Johnson spent his childhood in what he calls a paradoxically silent house. Raised by two deaf parents, Johnson and a younger brother can hear, but they grew up using only ...

Ellen Thielman signs with interpreter Kylia Kirkpatrick while she pets Benjamin III, a 9-month-old yellow Labrador puppy being trained as an assistance dog at the Northwest regional training center ...

LIVONIA -- Career training in health care is now available for the deaf and hard of hearing thanks to the Livonia-based proprietary school MedCerts. MedCerts has introduced the first "watch and learn" ...

When you’re in the hospital or at a physician’s office, the last thing you want is to have trouble understanding what the healthcare provider is doing. But for the millions of U.S. adults who have ...

Course is offered through New York%27s National Technical Institute for the Deaf Interpreters in the program will be in Rochester this week%2C but will then finish training online Program teaches ...

A federal judge in Omaha ruled on Friday that Creighton University’s medical school must provide a deaf student with an interpreter and a transcription service in addition to other assistance it had ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — Nicole Everitt isn’t just beginning medical school; she’s breaking barriers. This week, the mother of six marked a significant milestone at Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine at ...

Debbie Lesser is a catalyst, facilitating crucial conversations taking place in often highly sensitive situations. As a certified medical interpreter for one of the largest health systems in the ...

On her first day working on the ward, a doctor asked Alexandra Adams why she was walking around with a patient's cane. After explaining it was actually hers, the deaf and blind medical student was ...

WEST ISLIP, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) - The family of an elderly deaf man claims he died not knowing his proper diagnosis because his requests for a sign language interpreter were denied. His children, who ...

University Medical Center New Orleans will pay a Jefferson Parish resident $50,000 to a settle a deaf discrimination lawsuit alleging the hospital failed to provide her with the effective means to ...