Welcome!
This website was created by medical students at the University of Rochester in western New York to help improve health information access for the Deaf community. We understand that the Deaf community faces great challenges when it comes to health information and this site is intended to help bridge that gap. On this site we have three main types of information: Health Topics: Click on health topics to see detailed presentations on various health topics. Presentations are in ASL video and other easily understood formats. Medical Dictionary: Click on medical dictionary to see a list of medical terms with video definitions in ASL. Health Links: Click on health links to see a list of links to other resources for Deaf health. Our goal in creating this site is two-fold. First, we want to provide a frequently updated resource page for online Deaf health resources. Second, and more importantly, we plan to periodically post ASL videos on various relevant health topics. Rather than duplicate some of the great work done on other sites such as DeafMD.org and DeafDoc.org that use a more lecture style format, our videos will portray a conversation as doctor and patient struggle with learning together about these important topics. We hope you find this site helpful and educational. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or comments. The Healthy Signs team.
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