Access to health services for the deaf in the city of Londrina – PR

Abstract

The deaf person faced difficulties over time in relation to communication with the listeners and these communication barriers still persist today. Even after the conquest of deaf people's rights to access public policies with the Federal Constitution of 1988 and regulations on accessibility, it was possible to observe, through a bibliographic survey on the subject, that for an accessible society, a long period of time is still needed. way to go. Knowing this, we propose to present a survey at a local level carried out at the end of 2018, in which 20 deaf people and professionals from some services of social assistance and health policies were interviewed. The objective of the research was to identify the difficulties faced by the deaf in attending social policies and public spaces. From the interviews, we concluded that in the city of Londrina, deaf people have difficulty in accessing social policies, especially health services, which is a reality similar to other Brazilian cities. Also, public policy professionals are not prepared to care for deaf people due to a deficient academic background and little possibility of improvement in the work environment. Thus, we also conclude that there is a need to deepen research on this topic, but in order to identify the consequences on the health of the deaf of this precarious access to this public policy.