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Healthcare for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Patients Bibliography

The publications identified here are organized by decade starting with the 2000s and continuing to the 1980s. If you have updates or additions for this page, please contact us.

2000s

Hull, R.H. (2001). Aural rehabilitation: Serving children and adults. San Diego: Singular Thomson Leaning.

Montoya, L. (2003). Deaf patients lead psychiatrists to new landscapes. Psychiatric Times. 20(5), 87-90.

O’Day, B., Killeen, M., & Harker, H. (2004). Communicating about health care: Observations from persons who are deaf or hard of hearing. Annals of Internal Medicine. 140(5), 356-365.

1990s

Bradley, S. (1991). The signs of silence: Communicating with deaf and hearing-impaired patients. Communicating with Health Professionals, 25-32.

Brafman, A.H. (1995). Beware of the distorting interpreter. BMJ, 311(xx), 1439.

Brener, T.H. (1990). The relationship between the use of interpreters and effectiveness of communication in a medical encounter. Dissertation Abstracts International, University Microfilms No.M.

British Deaf Association. (1995). Survey of deaf people's health habits: British Deaf Association Health Promotion Services Report. Crewe, Cheshire: The Services.

Cole, D. (1990). Sign language and the health care professional. Malabar, Florida: Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company.

Collins, J.M. (1996). Medical stress--deaf women as patients. Deaf Worlds, 12(1), 8-11.

Cruzen, L. (1993). Communication access in medical facilities: Hospitalized ... and ... hard of hearing. Communication with Health Professionals, 14(1), 7-15.

Ebert, D., & Heckerling, P. (1995). Communication with deaf patients: Knowledge, beliefs and practices of physicans. Journal of the American Medical Association, 273(3), 227-229.

Ekstrom, I. (1994). Communicating with the deaf patient. Plastic Surgical Nursing, 14(1), 31-35.

Haffner, L. (1992). Cross-cultural medicine a decade later: Translation is not enough: Interpreting in a medical setting. The Western Journal of Medicine, 157(3), 255-259.

Jackson, C.B. (1990). Primary health care for deaf children. Journal of Pediatric Health Care, 4, 39-41.

Jones, E.A. (1993) Long-term facilities’ staffs’ knowledge of the hearing health and communicative needs of elderly hearing-impaired individuals. Thesis, University of Florida.

Joseph, J. (1993). Peer education and the deaf community. College Health, 41, 264-266.

Lotke, M. (1995). She won't look at me. Annals of Internal Medicine, 123(1), 54-57.

National Center for Law and Deafness. (1991). ADA questions and Answers for Health Care Providers. Available: http://www.nad.org/infocenter/infotogo/legal/ada3qa.html.

Parise, N. (1999) Breaking Cultural Barriers to health care the voice of the Deaf. Thesis, School of Nursing, McGill University.

Peinkofer, J. (1994). HIV education for the deaf, a vulnerable minority. Public Health Reports, 109(3), 390-396.

Phelan, M., & Parkman, S. (1995). Work with an interpreter. BMJ, 311(xx), 555-557.

Phillips, B. (1996). Bringing culture to the forefront: Formulating diagnostic impressions of deaf and hard-of-hearing people at times of medical crisis. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 27(2), 137-144.

President's Committee on the Employment of People with Disabilities. (1993). The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Health Professional: A Close Relationship-- An introduction to what health professionals need to know. Washington, D.C.

Rennie, D., Winker, M., & Fontanarosa, P.B. (1995). Communicating with deaf patients. JAMA, 274(10), 794-795.

Ripley, S. (1990). A parent's guide: Doctors, disabilities, and the family. Washington, DC: National Information Center for Children and Youth with Disabilities, [1(2), 1-16.]

Roper, T.A. (19xx). The use of deaf-aid communicators in a Salford hospital; a failure of communication?, 160-162.

Sign Media, Inc. (Producer), & (Director). (199x). To Your Health: Your Physical Exam [Videotape]. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media, Inc.

Sign Media, Inc. (Producer), & (Director). (199 ). To Your Health: Choosing a Healthy Lifestyle [Videotape]. Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media, Inc.

Smith, M.C.A., & Hasnip, J.H. (1991). The lessons of deafness: deafness awareness and communication skills training with medical students. Medical Education, 25, 319-321.

Zazove, P., Niemann, L.; Gorenflo, D.; Carmach, C.; Mehr, D.; Coyne, J., and Antonucci, T. (1993). The health status and health care utilization of deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. Arch Fam Med, 2(7), 745-752.

Zazove, P., & Doukas, D. (1994). The silent health care crisis: Ethical reflections of health care for deaf and hard-of-hearing persons. Family Medicine, 26, 387-390.

1980s

Brookhouser, P.E., Sullivan, P., Scanlan, J., Garbarino, J. (1986). Identifying the sexually abused deaf child: The otolaryngologist's role. Laryngoscope, 96, 152-158.

McEwen, E., & Anton-Culver, H. (1988). The medical communication of deaf patients. The Journal of Family Practice, 26(3), 289-291.

Woodcock, K. (1988). Accessibility for the hearing impaired* in a community hospital. In Poirier, F. (Ed.). Ergonomics and Rehabilitation. Quebec QC: Universite de Laval Press.

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