How Do Interpreting Services For The Deaf And Hard Of Hearing Work?
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- One major challenge deaf individuals face is communicating with those who do not know sign language. As a result, the need for professional sign language interpreting services for the deaf community is crucial.
- Challenges associated with professional interpreting services for the hard of hearing
- Deaf interpreting services involve a high level of mental focus and strong attention to detail. This is because this type of interpreting places heavy emphasis on recognizing gestures and hand signals.
- Because most people communicate through spoken languages, they are accustomed to using their voice to express their feelings and ideas.
- Consequently, most people do not understand how to express these ideas and feelings through hand signals or sign language.
- Interpreting formats for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Providing professional interpreting services for the deaf or hard of hearing in-person can be done in two ways. One way involves using a sign language interpreter.
- The interpreter converts spoken language into sign language to facilitate communication between those who can hear and deaf or hard of hearing individuals.
- Another method involves using two interpreters: one who is a sign language interpreter, and another who is a certified deaf interpreter (CDI).
- A CDI is a deaf individual who specializes in interpreting different sign languages.
- In this method, hearing individuals relay messages to hearing interpreters who then convert the spoken words into American sign language.
- The CDI then has the job of refining the ASL message into a message the individual needing interpretation will understand, such as a different sign language.
- Technology used for deaf interpreting services
- Sign language interpreting can be conducted using video relay services (VRS) and video remote interpreting (VRI).
- In VRS, a deaf individual uses video conferencing technology to receive and make calls through an ASL interpreter at a call center.
- When the individual dials a number through videophones, they are directed to an ASL interpreter who then connects the call to the hearing individual speaking with the deaf individual.
- The interpreter then interprets messages between the two parties.
- VRI is another form of professional interpreting services in which a deaf individual and hearing individual also use video conferencing equipment to speak to an ASL interpreter at a call center.
- However, the main difference from VRS in this instance is that the hearing individual and the deaf individual are located in the same room.
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