The Deaf Regional Health project aims to ensure people who are Deaf and hard of hearing can get equal access to health services. We have developed resources and tools which build understanding and improve communication between Deaf and hard of hearing patients and healthcare professionals.
For Health professionals, including hospital staff, nurses, doctors and paramedics, creating change is easy and starts here.
We have created a series of tools to assist you. Here, you will find:
- Deaf Awareness: a series of instructional videos that explore Deaf culture, language, interpreters and experiences in hospital, as well as what you can do to create better results.
- Video Remote Interpreting: An explanation of this vital technology and how to put it into practice.
- Communications toolkit: Downloadable resources for Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients to bring to the hospital, and a place for hospital workers to order a physical copy.
Deaf Regional Health in the news
Expression Australia has partnered with Albury Wodonga Health
The app was launched on Thursday to increase awareness of the deaf community among healthcare providers. The program allows interpreters to speak to patients in the hospital through a tablet and Auslan app device via video communication...
- The Border Mail
Auslan app adapted for hospital use
Two Australian hospitals are taking steps to ensure deaf people can access better healthcare. Royal Hobart Hospital and Albury Wodonga Health has partnered with Expression Australia to trial the new app to increase awareness among healthcare workers...
- The Examiner
Healthcare for the deaf made easier
A partnership between the Royal Hobart Hospital and deaf advocacy group Expression Australia to make deaf experiences in the public health system more inclusive will eventually be expanded to all four Tasmanian public hospitals. Through the Deaf Regional Health project...
- The Mercury
Auslan app adapted for hospital use
Australian healthcare workers at two hospitals will have access to an Auslan app in a bid to provide better care for deaf people. Royal Hobart Hospital and Albury Wodonga Health has partnered with Expression Australia to trial the new app to increase awareness among healthcare workers...
- Crikey
