Effective techniques for health care for patients with hearing disabilities

The difficulty of communication between the deaf patient and the health professional interferes in the health care process of these patients. Objective: To know the reality of patient care with deafness by health professionals and to analyze scientific studies that suggest the use of Assitistive Technologies (AT) that can facilitate the health care process of these patients. Method: Integrative Review of articles published between the years 2008 to 2018. Data collection was performed in the databases of great relevance for the research subject, being: Latin American and Caribbean Literature on Health Sciences (LILACS), Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), PubMed and Web Of Science. To search in English, we used exact descriptors of Medical Subjects Headings (MeSH): "Assistance", "Health" and "Deafness" and in Portuguese, the descriptors in Health Sciences (DeCS): “Assistência”, “Saúde” e “surdez”. Results: Communication between deaf patients and health professionals is not effective. The qualification and preparation of these professionals should be better with the insertion of the area of assistive technologies in the graduations. The Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) is the best technology indicated for being the first language of deaf people.