Revisiting gradability in American Sign Language (ASL)
This paper addresses gradability in American Sign Language (ASL). The literature has argued that languages may or may not introduce degree variables, i.e., there is cross-linguistic variation as to whether languages should be analyzed as degree- or ...
Christopher Kurz +3 more
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Sexual health behaviors of Deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users. [PDF]
Little is known about the sexual health behaviors of Deaf American Sign Language (ASL) users.We sought to characterize the self-reported sexual behaviors of Deaf individuals.Responses from 282 Deaf participants aged 18-64 from the greater Rochester, NY area who participated in the 2008 Deaf Health were analyzed.
Heiman E, Haynes S, McKee M.
europepmc +4 more sources
ASL-LEX: A lexical database of American Sign Language [PDF]
ASL-LEX is a lexical database that catalogues information about nearly 1,000 signs in American Sign Language (ASL). It includes the following information: subjective frequency ratings from 25-31 deaf signers, iconicity ratings from 21-37 hearing non-signers, videoclip duration, sign length (onset and offset), grammatical class, and whether the sign is ...
Naomi K Caselli +2 more
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A novel model for expanding horizons in sign Language recognition [PDF]
The American Sign Language Recognition Dataset is a pivotal resource for research in visual-gestural languages for American Sign Language and Sign-Language MNIST Dataset. The dataset contains over 64,000 images meticulously labeled with the corresponding
Esraa Hassan +3 more
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Language and Cognitive Development in Bimodal Bilingual Deaf Children in Hearing Families: Three Case Studies [PDF]
We investigated aspects of language and cognitive development in three bimodal bilingual deaf children in hearing families. Some previous research finds cognitive delays for deaf children, which may be due to an early lack of access to language input ...
Diane Lillo-Martin +2 more
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A comprehensive image dataset of American Sign Language hand gesturesMendeley Data [PDF]
We present ASL-HG, a comprehensive American Sign Language (ASL) image dataset designed to advance gesture recognition and assistive technologies. The collection contains 36,000 static images across 36 classes, covering the full English alphabet (A–Z) and
Md. Famidul Islam Pranto +6 more
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The development and psychometric properties of the American sign language proficiency assessment (ASL-PA) [PDF]
We describe the procedures for constructing an instrument designed to evaluate children's proficiency in American Sign Language (ASL). The American Sign Language Proficiency Assessment (ASL-PA) is a much-needed tool that potentially could be used by researchers, language specialists, and qualified school personnel.
S, Maller +3 more
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A Survey on Sign Language Recognition and Training Module [PDF]
Communication among the deaf and non-verbal communities has long reliedon sign language recognition. From all researchers around from early electric signal-based sign language identification to more recent recognition using machine/deep learning ...
Anjana Devi V. +2 more
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Sign Language Recognition: High Performance Deep Learning Approach Applyied To Multiple Sign Languages [PDF]
In this paper we present a high performance Deep Learning architecture based on Convolutional Neural Network (CNN). The proposed architecture is effective as it is capable of recognizing and analyzing with high accuracy different Sign language datasets ...
El Zaar Abdellah +2 more
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Asl-Skeleton3d and Asl-Phono: Two Novel Datasets For the American Sign Language [PDF]
Sign language is an essential resource enabling access to communication and proper socioemotional development for individuals suffering from disabling hearing loss. As this population is expected to reach 700 million by 2050, the importance of the language becomes even more essential as it plays a critical role to ensure the inclusion of such ...
Cleison Correia de Amorim +1 more
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