Journal of Communication Disorders, Deaf Studies & Hearing Aids
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Sundos Hamza Fadul Modawey

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  Awareness and Usage of Sign Language among Doctors in Main Khartoum Hospitals (Ibrahim Malik, Bahri, Omdurman) October 2017
  Author(s): Sundos Hamza Fadul ModaweySundos Hamza Fadul Modawey
  
  Background: When a deaf person become ill a big problems are emerge beginning with explanation of their medical issues, understanding of their medical problems, medications, management and their whole condition. So there is an undeniable need for improving the communication between physicians and deaf patients, non-verbal language is a form of communication that needs to be understood and validated in health services and physicians must be trained to deal with them. Method: Descriptive and cross-sectional study. The duration of the study is one month, with target population 1290 doctor. Objective: To Evaluate awareness and uses of sign language among doctors. Results: 112 house officer, 96 registrar, 85 medical officer and 12 consultants returned completed questionnaires. More than half of doct.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2375-4427.1000181

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