Using telehealth technology to improve the delivery of health services to people who are deaf

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 IV, Issue , 2004, Pages 3084-3087

  Hughes, G ^a   Hudgins, B ^a   MacDougall, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Can Deafness Res and Train Inst   (Canada)

Author keywords

Deaf; Remote interpreter; Sign language; Telehealth; Videoconference

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HOSPITALS; INTERNET; PATIENT REHABILITATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; PROGRAM INTERPRETERS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; VIDEO CONFERENCING;

DEAF; REMOTE INTERPRETER; SIGN LANGUAGE; TELEHEALTH;

HEALTH CARE;

EID: 11144321322     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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