title: Communicating with patients who have hearing loss.
abstract: Access to health care services is of paramount interest to all New Jerseyans. For people with varying degrees of hearing loss, affordable health insurance, while important, is not the only barrier to quality health care. Doctors are required by law to ensure effective communication between themselves and their deaf or hard-of-hearing patients.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Herring
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hock
mesh_terms: D003143:Communication Devices for People with Disabilities; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003638:Deafness / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009515:New Jersey; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations