Rochester Institute of Technology

Alumna facilitates crucial conversations as medical interpreter

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 ...
The Pacific Northwest Inlander

WSU Spokane students are piloting a medical language interpreting program to certify future providers

You’re navigating a difficult medical discussion with your doctor. Maybe you’re talking about end-of-life care or the next ...
Local News 8

ISU Sign Language Interpreting program awarded $2.1 million grant

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) - The United States Department of Education, through its Rehabilitation Services Administration has awarded $2.1 million to Idaho State University researcher Elizabeth ...
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian

Medical interpretation services at Cooley Dickinson Hospital: The role of language access in advancing health equity and accessibility

Among many factors that determine an individual’s access to healthcare, the language of medicine stresses a fundamental distinction between communication and transaction. To access healthcare is to ...
Democrat and Chronicle

Job Opportunity: How to become a sign language interpreter

Interpreters convert information from one language to another — or, in the case of sign language interpreters, between spoken language and sign language. For the latter, they interpret both spoken ...
The Repository

Stark County church adds sign language interpreter to become more inclusive

PLAIN TWP. – St. Michael the Archangel Catholic Church has added an American Sign Language interpreter to its 4 p.m. Saturday Mass. It is a bid to ensure the parish at 3430 St. Michael Drive NW is ...