INTERPRETING FOR DEAF-BLIND STUDENTS: FACTORS TO CONSIDER

Ten deaf-blind college students were interviewed to find out what they need and want from sign language interpreters. This information was combined with findings from observations of many deaf-blind interpreting situations. The focus of this article includes the following four areas: 1) types of signing; 2) modifications to the signing; 3) visual information that needs to be conveyed; 4) other factors that will influence deaf-blind interpreting situations. ERIC number EJ 377 543. AMERICAN ANNALS OF THE DEAF, July 1988, pp. 226-22