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British Sign Language: ensuring equality in patient care

9 mins read Patient education
Dental nurse Charlotte Mercer discusses how this skill can add a different dimension to patient communication and help to make your dental practice more inclusive

I have been using British Sign Language (BSL) since I was a small child. My mum’s sister is profoundly deaf, which means she cannot hear anything at all. She doesn’t use hearing aids, so has no sense of sound at all.

When I was learning my words as a toddler, I would finger-spell as I was learning, and it became a really important part of my learning as a child.

In 2018, I did my Level 1 BSL qualification, and in 2020 I did my Level 2 qualification with SHBSL. I plan on continuing my learning of BSL over the years, with the goal of one day becoming a BSL interpreter.

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