TTY: 301-402-8180
Email: InterpretingServices@ors.od.nih.gov
The Division of Amenities and Transportation Services (DATS) provides a centralized interpreting
services (i.e., sign language, oral interpreting, CART) program for the NIH. These
interpreting services are provided through a performance based contract which has
set standards of performance for the vendor, Sign Language Associates, Inc.
(SLA)
Interpreting services are available to all employees and visitors at NIH for activities,
such as meetings, campus wide programs and scientific conferences, one on one meetings between
supervisors and employees, as well as meetings between doctors and patients.
Requests for interpreting services can be made for the following communication
types by phone, fax or online at:
http://does.ors.od.nih.gov/interpreting/request.htm
- American Sign Language
- Pidgin Signed English
- Oral
- Tactile
- Real Time Captioning or CART (Computer Assisted Realtime Transcription)
NOTE: Clinical Center (CC) interpreting services for patients are coordinated through the
Director of Volunteers and Language Interpreters, CC, at 301-496-1807.
Page Last Reviewed: 07/03/08
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