Deaf health equity
- Season: Season 4
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Barriers to the best care possible
If you take only one fact away from this podcast today, it should be this: more than 30 years after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, healthcare providers in the United States remain ill-equipped to meet the needs of deaf, deaf-blind, and hard of hearing people who come to them for care. On today's program, host Seán Collins talks with Drs. Poorna Kushalnagar and James Huang of Gallaudet University about the barriers that exist in the healthcare setting for people with hearing loss and some of the steps medicine can take to make the best care possible a reality for all patients.
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A transcript of todays podcast is available here.
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We also present excerpts from a conversation between Christine Kostrubala and her friend Sarah Rasmussen about some of the hurdles Christine has faced as a deaf person seeking treatment for cancer. You'll find a short version of their conversation here and an extended version here.
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Poorna Kushalnagar, Ph.D., MA
Director of the Center for Deaf Health Equity
Chief Research Officer
Office of Research
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.
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Family Physician
Medical Director, Student Health Services
Gallaudet University
Washington, D.C.
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The Center for Deaf Health Equity
The Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Losses
KEYWORDS:
- Deaf
- Deaf Health
- Health equity
- American sign language
- ASL
- Gallaudet University
- Americans with Disabilities Act
- ADA
- Health literacy