Year: 2021
Resolution Number: 34
Action Taken: NULL
Status:
Author(s): Irene Lieu and Laura Carravallah, MD
Sponsor: Laura Carravallah, MD
On behalf of: Medical Student Section
Committee: NULL
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That MSMS recommends that physicians adopt the term, “deaf and hard of hearing” and/or “persons with hearing loss” instead of “hearing impairment” in clinical settings; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to recommend that physicians adopt the term “deaf and hard of hearing” and/or “persons with hearing loss” instead of “hearing impairment” in clinical settings.
RESOLVED: That MSMS recommends that physicians adopt the term, “deaf and hard of hearing” and/or “persons with hearing loss” instead of “hearing impairment” in clinical settings; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the American Medical Association (AMA) ask our AMA to recommend that physicians adopt the term “deaf and hard of hearing” and/or “persons with hearing loss” instead of “hearing impairment” in clinical settings.
Fiscal Note: $500
Resolution: View PDF for Use Term “Deaf and Hard of Hearing” in lieu of “Hearing Impaired”
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