Exploring accommodations along the education to employment pathway for deaf and hard of hearing healthcare professionals.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) people are an underserved population and underrepresented among healthcare professionals. A major barrier to success for DHH healthcare professionals is obtaining effective accommodations during education and employment. Our objective: describe DHH individuals' experiences with accommodations in healthcare education.

Methods

We used an online survey and multipronged snowball sampling to recruit participants who identify as DHH and who had applied to a U.S. health professional school (regardless of acceptance status). One hundred forty-eight individuals representing multiple professions responded; 51 had completed their training. Over 80% had been accepted to, were currently enrolled, or had completed health professions schools or res

SUBMITTER: Moreland CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9073820 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature