Auxiliary Aids Currently Available at SWMC
Auxiliary Aids Currently Available at SWMC
Updated Aug. 1, 1998
Assistive devices available throughout facility:
Pay telephone amplified for people with hearing loss— All pay telephones located in SWMC service areas have the amplification feature.
Pay telephone: TTY/Text Telephone/TDD, for people with profound hearing loss — SWMC has two pay-telephone TTYs available for public use 24 hours a day.
— Locations: medical center main lobby and emergency department waiting area
— All televisions in waiting areas and about 50% of televisions on nursing units have the closed-caption-decoder feature built in. The set will have either a "caption" button on the front or a menu feature. Activate captioning by choosing CCI.
Contact engineering department at Ext. 2087 for the following:
Portable amplified telephone for patients with hearing lossPortable TTY/Text Telephone/TDD for patients with profound hearing or speech loss
Portable television with built-in closed caption decoder for patients with hearing loss
Specialized nurse-call equipment for patients with paralysis or limited physical ability
Contact interpreter/accessibility coordinator at ext. 2109 for the following:
Needs assessment support — cultural diversity/accessibilityInterpreter services for patients who are deaf or who do not speak English
Point-talk tools for patients who are literate in their native non-English language
Large-button audiocassette player for patients with vision loss
Communication picture boards for patients with limited use of language
Vibrating/visual alarm clock for patients with hearing loss
Large-face alarm clock for patients with low vision
Portable "pocket talker" voice amplifier for patients with hearing loss
FM amplification system for hard-of-hearing participants in group settings
Real-time captioning services for deaf/hard-of-hearing participants in group settings
Speaker telephone for patients with limited physical ability
Large-button telephone for patients with vision loss or limited physical ability
Large-dial telephone for patients with low vision
Rotary-dial telephone for patients who are blind
Contact audiovisual media specialist at ext. 3159 for the following:
Infrared amplification system for hard-of-hearing participants in group settingsContact family birth center at ext. 4000 for the following:
Visual baby-cry alarm for patients with hearing lossPlease note: This is not an exhaustive list. After an assessment, it may be possible to obtain other auxiliary aids through rental businesses and new purchases. Contact the interpreter/accessibility coordinator at ext. 2109 for more information.
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