Abstract
Objectives: To analyze and evaluate the impact of health care offered to deaf patients. Methods: This is an integrative literature review, whose information was collected in an electronic database: Latin American Literature and the Caribbean in Health Sciences (LILACS), Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE), Scientific Electronic Library Online (SciELO) and PubMed. Regarding the inclusion criteria, articles from the last 10 years were selected. Regarding the exclusion criteria, articles that did not address the proposed theme were disregarded. Results: This literary review is composed of 11 articles that provide information regarding health professionals and patients, with perceptions of care from both sides. Final considerations: It is suggested that the deaf have a greater tendency to get sick more easily compared to the hearing population. Another factor that corroborates is the impaired communication between patient and physician, which reduces understanding about prevention, diagnosis and treatment.