Bridging gaps: How technology is improving health access for deaf community
Juana Poareo, American Heart Association News
July 24, 2021
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A study published in the Journal of Health Communication found people who are deaf are seven times more likely to have inadequate health literacy compared to people who can hear. Getty Images/iStockphoto
Early in Dr. Michael McKee’s career, one of his patients, who was deaf, died from a heart attack.
It led the doctor to study how to prevent it from happening to others.
That tragic event might not have happened, he said, if there had been “accessible community health education programs to allow for deaf individuals to learn ways to improve their health and to recognize common danger signs of serious health conditions.”