Approval of a student research project

4 May 2023, by Pamela Sundhausen

the group of students which are pursuing the project stand next to each other and smile in the camera

Photo: IDGS

On 11 April 2023, a group of students of the B.A. program Sign Language Interpreting received the approval of their research project: "Barriers in everyday hospital life of deaf people, a pilot intervention study".

The project is financed by funds from the Excellence Universities funding line over a period of twelve months, starting on May 1st, 2023. The aim of the research idea is to investigate the situation of deaf people in the hospital sector. The students are accompanied by Prof. Dr. Annika Herrmann and employees of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE).

Jana, Alina and Lara are very grateful for the funding and are highly motivated for an exciting research project.

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