Interpreter requests can be made online. Please press the below "Request Interpreter" button to complete your request in your e-mail.

Deaf Services Center supports and actively promotes consumer-informed choice in the assignment of interpreting services. When making a request for interpreting services, consumers may indicate their preferred interpreter(s). DSC will make every reasonable effort to secure the services of the stated preferred interpreter. If the preferred interpreter(s) are not available, DSC will make every reasonable effort to contact the consumer to inform him/her of the situation allowing consumers to accept another available interpreter or choose to reschedule their appointment.

Within 48 hours of any assignment consumers may call DSC to ask for the name of the interpreter assigned to their request.

The Interpreting Department of Deaf Service Center strives to meet each of our consumer's needs for interpreting services. In order to ensure the fulfillment of your interpreting request, we ask that you give as much notice a possible prior to the assignment date. In doing so, you increase the success of obtaining an interpreter at your requested time. Thank you, in advance, for your cooperation.

Deaf Services Center Interpretering Facts:

DSC is the largest provider of sign language interpreting services in Ohio. Interpreters are provided for all area hospitals, courts, police, human service providers, and employers. Interpreters are scheduled as needed, whether it is from a one-hour minimum to an on-going appointment. Emergency interpreters are on call 24 hours a day.
	DSC only assigns interpreters who are qualified and an appropriate match for each assignment. All of our interpreters must have appropriate credentials or professional experience in providing interpreting services. Most interpreters employed or contracted by DSC have a minimum of at least 3 years of professional experience and/or are graduates of an accredited Interpreter Training Program. Our interpreters are required to follow a strict code of ethics as adopted by the national Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, which demands, along with other professional standards, confidentiality of all assignment related information.
DSC has 10 staff interpreter positions and at least 60 contract interpreters. Over 7,247 interpreting appointments were filled and almost 15,838 hours of interpreting services were provided during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2006.