Prime Minister Hun Sen in 2012 called for Cambodian television stations to create programming to accommodate deaf people. And last year, he called on TV stations to include sign language on screen when broadcasting news programs, saying he would “monitor” them.

Yet, things are slow to change. There are only about half a dozen professional sign language translators to serve the 25 provinces and the capital Phnom Penh, according to Korn Maly, Sign Language Project Manager at the Deaf Development Programme. A number of other people were able to perform basic sign language and translate but did not pursue this as part of their professional career, she said.

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