The trial court did provide the best interpretive services for a hearing-impaired defendant, including a deaf-relay interpreter, to ensure the defendant's full understanding of the trial proceedings. The record shows that the defendant responded coherently and appropriately to questions (sometimes verbally even before the sign-language translation), was a high school graduate and a current junior college student, could understand enough English to obtain a driver's license and could communicate adequately enough with her accident victim to exchange insurance information. Both the pre-trial and trial judges stopped the proceedings to ask the defendant if she understood the proceedings, provided additional resources and services upon her request, and offered her additional time to confer with her attorney and her interpreters. Linton v. State - PD-0413-08.