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More than signing: communicating with the deaf. 2014

Gregory K Shuler, and Lisa A Mistler, and Kathleen Torrey, and Rayne Depukat

Previously, on the deaf unit for psychiatric adult and adolescent patients at Worcester State Hospital in Worcester, Mass., Gregory K. Shuler was the charge nurse, Lisa A. Mistler was the attending psychiatrist, Kathleen Torrey was the nursing supervisor, and Rayne Depukat was the sign language interpreter. Currently, Mr. Schuler and Ms. Torrey are utilization coordinators in the performance improvement department at the Worcester Recovery Center and Hospital in Worcester, Mass. Mr. Schuler is also an adjunct nursing professor at Worcester State University in Worcester, Mass. Dr. Mistler is an assistant professor of psychiatry at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth in Hanover, N.H., and an attending psychiatrist at New Hampshire Hospital in Concord, N.H. Ms. Depukat is a staff sign language interpreter at Advocates, Inc., in Framingham, Mass., and a freelance sign language interpreter.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D003638	Deafness	A general term for the complete loss of the ability to hear from both ears.	Deafness Permanent,Hearing Loss Permanent,Prelingual Deafness,Deaf Mutism,Deaf-Mutism,Deafness, Acquired,Hearing Loss, Complete,Hearing Loss, Extreme,Acquired Deafness,Complete Hearing Loss,Deafness, Prelingual,Extreme Hearing Loss,Permanent, Deafness,Permanent, Hearing Loss,Permanents, Deafness
D004496	Education, Continuing	Educational programs designed to inform individuals of recent advances in their particular field of interest. They do not lead to any formal advanced standing.	Continuous Learning,Life-Long Learning,Lifelong Learning,Continuing Education,Learning, Continuous,Learning, Life-Long,Learning, Lifelong,Learnings, Life-Long,Life Long Learning,Life-Long Learnings
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012813	Sign Language	A system of hand gestures used for communication by those with HEARING LOSS or by people speaking different languages.	Sign Languages
D020407	Internet	A loose confederation of computer communication networks around the world. The networks that make up the Internet are connected through several backbone networks. The Internet grew out of the US Government ARPAnet project and was designed to facilitate information exchange.	World Wide Web,Cyber Space,Cyberspace,Web, World Wide,Wide Web, World