DeafDigest Mid-Week edition, June 10, 2015 morning
-- Two special interpreter request cards
It is always that many health care professionals
struggle when a deaf patient comes. Four
British social service organizations came up
with two special cards that the deaf patients
carry with them at all times.
One card says:
I am deaf. I need a British Sign Language
interpreter for all appointments please
Other card (for staff) says:
Do you know how to find an interpreter?
Please search your organization website
for listing of interpreters
Do we have something like that in USA?
Good question!
-- Two nations involved in a Cochlear war
Among deaf rugby players in Australia and
New Zealand, there is a Cochlear War.
Actually it is Cochlear Cup - which goes
to the winner of the annual rugby match
between teams from both nations.
New Zealand's The Deaf Blacks will
play against Australia's Silent Knights
for this honor. Why Cochlear Cup?
Because the sponsor of this annual battle
is Cochlear, the huge Australian
corporation. And there is a bit of
irony - many deaf New Zealanders are
complaining that they are not getting
the CIs that they want!
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