"This program hopes to address a national issue — a shortage of qualified trained interpreters to help bridge the communication gap between the deaf and hard-of-hearing and health care providers ...

Randal King is also a professor in the program and said interpreters are needed in all kinds of settings. "For example, in the hospital.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – University of New Mexico Hospital has rolled out a new Zuni interpreter program which is training people who speak the language how to communicate with patients. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – University of New Mexico Hospital has rolled out a new Zuni interpreter program which is training people who speak the language how to communicate with patients. The ...

One of the women who graduated from the program said she was the unofficial interpreter for her family and now looks forward to helping others in her shoes.

The demand for Sign Language Interpreters is expected to rise 46% from 2012 to 2022, an increase of 29,300 jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sc ...

There are only a handful of ASL interpreters in Colorado who work outside the Front Range. In Grand Junction, for a community of about 60 deaf people, there is one full-time interpreter.

For example, a recent need for a Hindi interpreter at a traffic court case for disobeying a traffic signal cost the county nearly $600.