Who Is Qualified To Provide Sign-Language Interpreting Services?
A program must ensure that any interpreter it hires or otherwise provides is qualified. There are a number of sign languages used. (The most common methods of communication are American Sign Language and signed English.) Individuals who use one form of sign language may not communicate effectively through an interpreter who uses a different one. A qualified interpreter is an interpreter who is able to sign to the individual who is deaf what is being said by the hearing person and who can voice to the hearing person what is being signed by the individual who is deaf.
