Eligibility

You are entitled to interpreter service for the disabled if 

• you have a hearing impairment, vision and hearing impairment or speech impairment
• you have a place of domicile in Finland
• you can express yourself through interpretation and you use a functioning communication method

Examples of communication methods:

• Finnish sign language or Finnish-Swedish sign language
• sign-supported speech in Finnish or Swedish
• speech interpretation
• text-to-speech interpretation
• other communication methods for persons with speech impairment, such as communication with pictures