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Second Language Working Memory Deficits and Plasticity in Hearing Bimodal Learners of Sign Language

Psychology of Language and Communication, 2015
Little is known about the acquisition of another language modality on second language (L2) working memory (WM) capacity. Differential indexing within the WM system based on language modality may explain differences in performance on WM tasks in sign and ...
Williams Joshua, Darcy Isabelle, Newman Sharlene   +2 more
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Sensor Fusion of Motion-Based Sign Language Interpretation with Deep Learning

Sensors, 2020
Sign language was designed to allow hearing-impaired people to interact with others. Nonetheless, knowledge of sign language is uncommon in society, which leads to a communication barrier with the hearing-impaired community. Many studies of sign language
Boon Giin Lee, Teak-Wei Chong, Wan-Young Chung   +2 more
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An Adequate Model for the Development of English Reading Skills [PDF]

Human Research in Rehabilitation
The focus of this article is on the development of adequate English reading skills. To delineate necessary components for a phonemic-based language, it is necessary to compare two broad frameworks--the Qualitative Similarity Hypothesis (QSH) and the ...
Peter V. Paul
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“From White Deaf People’s Adversity to Black Deaf Gain”: A Proposal for a New Lens of Black Deaf Educational History

Journal Committed to Social Change on Race and Ethnicity, 2020
This paper re-visits Bauman and Murray’s (2014) “Deaf Gain,” using the perspectives of Black Deaf history.  Due to the enforcement of the Oral policy in U.S.
Rezenet Tsegay Moges
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Techno-talk: An American Sign Language (ASL) Translator

2016 International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies (CoDIT), 2016
In this paper, an accurate implementation of American Sign Language Translator is presented. It is a portable electronic hand glove to be used by any deaf/mute person to communicate effectively with the othesr who don't understand sign language. It provides the visual and audible output on an LCD and through a speaker respectively.
ARIF, ARSLAN, RIZVI, SYED TAHIR HUSSAIN, Jawaid, Iqra, Waleed, Muhammad Adam, Shakeel, Muhammad Raheel   +4 more
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American Sign Language Recognition Using Leap Motion Controller with Machine Learning Approach

Sensors, 2018
Sign language is intentionally designed to allow deaf and dumb communities to convey messages and to connect with society. Unfortunately, learning and practicing sign language is not common among society; hence, this study developed a sign language ...
Teak-Wei Chong, Boon-Giin Lee
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Pengenalan Alfabet American Sign Language Menggunakan K-Nearest Neighbors Dengan Ekstraksi Fitur Histogram Of Oriented Gradients

JuTISI (Jurnal Teknik Informatika dan Sistem Informasi), 2020
Sign Language use to communicate to people with dissabilities. American Sign Language (ASL) one of popular sign language. Histogram of Oriented Gradient (HOG) can be use as feature extraction. Then feature stored in database.
Muhammad Ezar Al Rivan, Hafiz Irsyad, Kevin Kevin, Arta Tri Narta   +3 more
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Syntactic priming in American Sign Language. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
Psycholinguistic studies of sign language processing provide valuable opportunities to assess whether language phenomena, which are primarily studied in spoken language, are fundamentally shaped by peripheral biology. For example, we know that when given
Matthew L Hall, Victor S Ferreira, Rachel I Mayberry   +2 more
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Validation of the Substance Abuse Screener in American Sign Language (SAS--ASL). [PDF]

Rehabilitation Psychology, 2012
The study objectives were to adapt and validate a substance use disorder (SUD) screening instrument in American Sign Language (ASL) to be used to identify those deaf individuals who have a high probability of having an SUD. The goal was to develop an accurate screening instrument that balanced sensitivity and specificity while imposing minimal response
Debra Guthmann, Linda E. Lazowski, Dennis Moore, Allen W. Heinemann, Jared Embree   +4 more
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ASL champ!: a virtual reality game with deep-learning driven sign recognition

Computers & Education: X Reality
We developed an American Sign Language (ASL) learning platform in a Virtual Reality (VR) environment to facilitate immersive interaction and real-time feedback for ASL learners.
Md Shahinur Alam, Jason Lamberton, Jianye Wang, Carly Leannah, Sarah Miller, Joseph Palagano, Myles de Bastion, Heather L. Smith, Melissa Malzkuhn, Lorna C. Quandt   +9 more
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