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Augusta Health holds info session on resources for deaf, hard of hearing community

Chris Graham

Over the past several months, Augusta Health has worked with members of the deaf and hard-of-hearing community (and their families) to improve communication with this population of patients.

augusta healthAn information session scheduled for Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at Augusta Community Care Building Meeting Room #3 will present a summary of the resources available, as well as provide demonstrations of some of them.

Demonstrations will include:

  • Video Remote Interpreting System
  • iPad Tablet Interpreting
  • Live Interpretation by Civic Access, our 24/7 partner in interpreting
  • The patient registration system accommodations
  • The Employee Education module on Disability Awareness

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