Access to care in sign language: the French experience

- Linguistic and cultural obstacles hamper access to health care for deaf people.
- In France, access to care in sign language has been developed on national level.
- Recruitment has reached 13,596 deaf patients as of the end of 2013.
- Recruitment has reached up to 53% of the estimated deaf population in our region.
- The activity level underscores a precarious cultural and linguistic situation.