{
  "id": 10678589,
  "title": "South Africa: 15 Years With Hearing Loss - How Communication Barriers Lock Deaf Patients Out of Healthcare",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/south-africa-15-years-with-hearing-loss-how-communication-barriers",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-29T11:05:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202609290214.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[Health-e] Orange Farm mother has spent years trying to reconnect with hearing care. Deaf patients continue to face communication barriers to healthcare. Experts highlight the need for language-independent health pathways.",
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  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Health-e News",
        "title": "15 Years With Hearing Loss: How Communication Barriers Lock Deaf Patients Out of Healthcare",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/15-years-with-hearing-loss-how-communication-barriers-lock-deaf",
        "published": "2026-09-29T08:39:42.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}