title: iSignIT - Communication App and Concept for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
abstract: In medical settings, those who are deaf or hard of hearing and have to rely on sign language are often at a disadvantage when they want to communicate with doctors or other caretakers. Professional translators are not always available. To alleviate the problems, a mobile phrasebook for communication between affected patients and their caretakers was designed and implemented in form of the iSignIT-app. All of the phrases it contains are also available as videos recorded from native speakers of sign language. Based on the positive feedback received so far, we are now in the process of taking further steps to ensure continuing development and obtaining sustainable financing of the project; here, we will outline some of the steps to be taken.
authors.affiliation: Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of the Braunschweig Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Urs-Vito
authors.initials: UV
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.affiliation: Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of the Braunschweig Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jungnicke
authors.affiliation: Hannover Medical School, Peter L. Reichertz Institute for Medical Informatics of the Braunschweig Institute of Technology and Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany.
authors.forename: Ute
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: von Jan
mesh_terms: D003638:Deafness / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D063731:Mobile Applications; D009313:National Health Programs; D019986:Persons with Hearing Disabilities / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D012051:Reimbursement Mechanisms; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D012813:Sign Language; D017216:Telemedicine