Practicing medicine as a Deaf physician is an uphill battle. COVID makes it worse.
March 11, 2020, my nightmare began.
“Ready to switch?” asks my American Sign Language interpreter during an all-day virtual conference. Switching from speaker view to gallery view, I search for a different speaker’s interpreter among numerous attendees, pin her video, and switch back to speaker view. This interpreter updates me on what I missed during the transition.
I do this every half hour throughout the conference, peering through my reading glasses while …
