NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Hospitalized patients who aren't fluent in English end up spending fewer days in the hospital when they get help from a language interpreter at certain crucial times, ...

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 ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) - Candice Lisenby has been using American Sign Language from an early age. Born deaf, she’s never let it slow her down. But she’s certainly faced some challenges along the way. "I ...

CINCINNATI — College Hill grandfather Mike Funez has found himself on the front lines during the COVID-19 crisis — not as a doctor or a nurse, but as a hospital interpreter for patients with limited ...

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 ...

Romualdo Rivera arrives at the emergency room with what seems to be a complaint of chest pain. But it’s hard to be sure — he doesn’t speak English. He’s a pale but solidly built man with thinning, ...

Terry Murray said he was in hospital for 24 hours without an interpreter A deaf man who spent 24 hours in hospital without the support of an interpreter said staff were shouting out his name despite ...