Health services should properly receive and establish bonds with patients in order to ensure user access and reorganization of care. Users with special needs require specific attention, especially individuals with hearing disabilities, whose needs pose a particular challenge, since "dedicated listening" involves a potential language barrier. This study was conducted in the Community Health Centers of the Conceição Hospital Group, a Federal public institution integrated with the primary care system in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. A qualitative approach used semi-structured interviews with 12 health professionals, the Community Health Coordinator, and the Advisory Department for Users with Special Needs. The results showed that health professionals test different approaches to deal with difficulties in communicating with hearing-impaired patients, and that the professionals' overall attitude revealed their discomfort and lack of training for dealing with the needs of patients with hearing disabilities.

This study seeks to understand the daily lives of parents with hospitalized children in a unit of pediatric oncology and hematology at a general hospital. This is a qualitative research, in which 13 is family caregivers were interviewed. Three categories resulted from the thematic analysis: changes in daily family life; main feelings experienced by parents, diffculties in treatment and strategies used. It was concluded that each family is unique and has different organization dynamics towards the cancer experience, however, the nursing challenge is to articulate these differences and include them in the care process, thus facilitating the daily hospitalization routine.

Health services should properly receive and establish bonds with patients in order to ensure user access and reorganization of care. Users with special needs require specific attention, especially individuals with hearing disabilities, whose needs pose a particular challenge, since "dedicated listening" involves a potential language barrier. This study was conducted in the Community Health Centers of the Conceição Hospital Group, a Federal public institution integrated with the primary care system in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil. A qualitative approach used semi-structured interviews with 12 health professionals, the Community Health Coordinator, and the Advisory Department for Users with Special Needs. The results showed that health professionals test different approaches to deal with difficulties in communicating with hearing-impaired patients, and that the professionals' overall attitude revealed their discomfort and lack of training for dealing with the needs of patients with hearing disabilities.