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My hearing disability is no barrier to work.

Kim Payne

    Nursing Standard (Royal College of Nursing (Great Britain) : 1987)
    |January 17, 2017
    PubMed
    Summary

    Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals can successfully pursue careers in nursing and other healthcare professions. Their disability does not present a barrier to providing quality patient care in the National Health Service (NHS).

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