Interpreter Services at Vanderbilt Health
If you have special needs, are deaf, hard of hearing, visually impaired, blind or have limited mastery of English, we provide resources, including:
- On-site Arabic and Spanish interpreters (main campus and One Hundred Oaks)
- American Sign Language (ASL) interpreters
- Readers for patients who are visually impaired or blind
- Assistive listening devices
- Patient Rights and Responsibilities documents in Braille
- Access to qualified interpreters for patients with Limited English Proficiency (LEP)
Language line phone numbers
- Arabic: (844) 969-2262
- Burmese: (844) 969-2263
- Nepali: (844) 969-2264
- Somali: (844) 969-2303
- Spanish: (844) 969-2258
- Swahili: (844) 447-1142
Services for visually impaired patients
For more information about finding a reader and/or Braille documents for visually impaired patients, call (615) 322-7378 (option 2).
Services for deaf or hard of hearing patients
If you are deaf or hard of hearing, dial 711 on your personal TTY. We serve patients who are deaf or hard of hearing through the Tennessee Relay Service.