{"id":20390,"date":"2012-10-19T12:44:23","date_gmt":"2012-10-19T17:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=20390"},"modified":"2012-10-19T13:01:38","modified_gmt":"2012-10-19T18:01:38","slug":"san-marcos-interpreting-service-for-the-deaf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2012\/10\/19\/san-marcos-interpreting-service-for-the-deaf\/","title":{"rendered":"San Marcos Interpreting Service for the Deaf"},"content":{"rendered":"

San Marcos Interpreting Service for the Deaf<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Brett Thorne<\/p>\n

October 17, 2012<\/p>\n

Couple\u2019s business aids deaf, hearing-impaired customers<\/p>\n

When Cheryl and Jesse Bailey first met, Cheryl\u2019s knowledge of sign language was just enough to communicate with her future husband.<\/p>\n

Twenty years later the couple is married, and they share ownership of San Marcos Interpreting Service for the Deaf.<\/p>\n

Jesse, who is fully deaf and comes from a fully deaf family, said Cheryl\u2019s skills have vastly improved since they first met.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously she\u2019s very good now because she\u2019s certified and owns a sign language business,\u201d Jesse signed to Cheryl, who interpreted.<\/p>\n

The home-based business provides communication assistance to the deaf and hearing-impaired in San Marcos, Kyle, Buda, Lockhart, Luling, Seguin and other surrounding areas.<\/p>\n

The Baileys bought the business in 2009. Cheryl handles the day-to-day operations from their home while Jesse works as an athletic specialist at Texas School for the Deaf in Austin.<\/p>\n

Although Jesse insists the business is a partnership in name only, he was the catalyst that got Cheryl involved in deaf culture.<\/p>\n

Jesse and Cheryl were working for a vocational rehabilitation office in Austin when they met and became friends. With his help, she began picking up a little sign language. The husband-wife team laughs when they look back at that time.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe signed a little bit when we first met, and I was kind of thinking, \u2018Oh she knows a little bit of sign, that\u2019s kind of cool,\u2019 \u201d Jesse said. \u201cI thought she was a little bit cute, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jesse said it took a while for Cheryl to pick up on the expressiveness required for effective communication with sign language, but owning the business and getting licensed by the state has helped her learn how to sign effectively.<\/p>\n

According to data from the 2010 American Community Survey, the deaf and hearing-impaired population in Texas is 808,186. Within Hays County, that number is 5,218 people. Caldwell and Guadalupe counties have hearing-impaired populations of 1,479 and 5,640, respectively, according to the survey.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy business stays really, really busy, and we\u2019re expanding a lot every year,\u201d Cheryl said. \u201cMy customer base has grown every year since I bought the business.\u201d<\/p>\n

To assist deaf customers who have prescheduled and emergency appointments, Cheryl uses interpreters from a call list of 50 contract workers. She said hospitals and schools make up the bulk of her business.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a hard industry because there are a lot of misconceptions about the service and why it\u2019s necessary,\u201d Cheryl said.<\/p>\n

The Americans With Disabilities Act compels hospitals and public services to provide \u201cauxiliary aids and services\u201d to deliver aural information to deaf or hearing-impaired consumers.<\/p>\n

The act does not require health care professionals to provide interpreters in every instance, and Bailey said this can cause frustration for the doctors, patients and interpreters.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard to imagine that a deaf person would be expected to walk into a doctor\u2019s office and just sit down and not be able to communicate about what\u2019s happening with their health,\u201d she said. \u201cImagine yourself going into your doctor\u2019s office and the doctor comes in and starts speaking Spanish about your health, and you\u2019re going, \u2018What?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Elizabeth Pastrano, a representative from Central Texas Medical Center in San Marcos, said the hospital provides interpreters from San Marcos Interpreting Service for the Deaf for its deaf patients.<\/p>\n

Pastrano said the hospital\u2019s doctors and nurses make every effort to use the deaf person\u2019s preferred communication method, which can include interpreters, written communication or other methods.<\/p>\n

Cheryl said San Marcos Interpreting Service for the Deaf can provide service 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Rates vary depending on the type of assignment, time of assignment and certification level of the interpreter.<\/p>\n

Jesse and Cheryl agreed that things have improved since the days when interpreters were hard to come by and television was never captioned.<\/p>\n

Cheryl said the businesses and health care providers that her customers frequent make every effort to provide communication services.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnywhere you would go and need to communicate with anyone, a deaf person would have to go, too,\u201d she said. \u201cSo when they go, the only difference between the deaf person going and you going is you can communicate just fine with the person there, but the deaf person needs help doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

San Marcos Interpreting Service for the Deaf, 754-8047, http:\/\/www.sanmarcosinterpreting.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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