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ArticleClinical medicine (London, England)2021

Evaluation of a specialist cognitive clinic for the Deaf community.

Matthew J Harris, Darica Au, Katy Judd, Joanna R Atkinson, Maureen Bergson, Catherine J Mummery

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Article in Clinical medicine (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Health literacy of the Deaf community: a scoping review.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Matthew J HarrisDementia Research Centre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK mjharris@doctors.org.uk.
Darica AuUniversity College London Medical School, London, UK.
Katy JuddDementia Research Centre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Joanna R AtkinsonDeafness, Cognition and Language Research Centre, University College London, London, UK.
Maureen BergsonDementia Research Centre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
Catherine J MummeryDementia Research Centre, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
University College London · GBNational Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are significant health inequalities between Deaf and hearing people, including barriers to accessing care and communication difficulties in consultations. Such problems have particularly affected Deaf people with acquired cognitive deficits, leading to late and missed diagnoses. We therefore established a specialist cognitive clinic for the Deaf community in 2011 at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which to our knowledge is the first of its kind in the world. In this study, we retrospectively analysed electronic patient records to evaluate the service and its impact since inception. We found that Deaf patients who use British sign language had difficulty obtaining an accurate diagnosis before attending our specialist clinic, highlighting the importance of tailored services for Deaf people. Our results show that the clinic improved communication for patients and accessibility to specialist investigations, ensuring diagnostic accuracy and overall reducing health inequality for this population.

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Health Services AccessibilityHealth Status DisparitiesCognitionHumansRetrospective StudiesSign LanguageCognitioncommunicationDeafdementiahealth inequality

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PMID35192481
PMCPMC8313201
OpenAlexW3170456780

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