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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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Development of Method for Categorization on Sign Language Picture using Image Plane Adjustment Technique

RMUTL Engineering Journal, 2020
Most image classification is based on applying decision-making algorithms, in conjunction with image preprocessing, in order to extract distinctive features from the images and compute the most appropriate weights used in the decision making.
Chokemongkol Nadee, Krisda Yingkayun
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Effects of ASL Rhyme and Rhythm on Deaf Children’s Engagement Behavior and Accuracy in Recitation: Evidence from a Single Case Design

Children, 2020
Early language acquisition is critical for lifelong success in language, literacy, and academic studies. There is much to explore about the specific techniques used to foster deaf children’s language development.
Leala Holcomb, Kimberly Wolbers
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Exploiting Phonological Constraints for Handshape Inference in ASL Video [PDF]

, 2011
Handshape is a key articulatory parameter in sign language, and thus handshape recognition from signing video is essential for sign recognition and retrieval.
Nash, Joan, Neidle, Carol, Sclaroff, Stan, Thangali, Ashwin   +3 more
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Language development in bimodal bilingual autistic children: a case series of hearing children with deaf signing parents

Frontiers in Language Sciences
IntroductionIt is often assumed that sign language may be a more accessible alternative to speech for autistic children who have minimally expressive spoken language.
Aaron Shield
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The relation between working memory and language comprehension in signers and speakers [PDF]

, 2017
Available online 5 May 2017This study investigated the relation between linguistic and spatial working memory (WM) resources and language comprehension for signed compared to spoken language.
Emmorey, Karen, Erin, Spurgeon, Giezen, Marcel R., O'Grady Farnady, Lucinda, Petrich, Jennifer A.F.   +4 more
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Application of Psychometric Methods in Dimensional Analysis and Integration of Assessment Tools in Early Diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is crucial for timely intervention, and requires reliable and valid screening and diagnostic tools. The Toddler Module of the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, Second Edition (ADOS‐2), is widely used but its factor structure and applicability in the clinical practice need ...
Ilenia Le Donne, Monica Mazza, Margherita Attanasio, Nicole Covone, Maria Paola Greco, Veronica Scurti, Marco Valenti   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Kazakhstan is recognized as a key stronghold for the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Nonetheless, the wolf status and the dynamics of human‐wolf coexistence in the region remain poorly understood. This study aims to fill that gap by exploring current attitudes towards wolves in Kazakhstan and identify the underlying drivers of these attitudes.
Alyona Koshkina, Svitlana Kudrenko, Andrés Ordiz, Saltanat Kamiyeva, Adam Devenish, Johannes Kamp   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Neural stages of spoken, written, and signed word processing in beginning second language learners

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2013
We combined magnetoencephalography (MEG) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to examine how sensory modality, language type, and language proficiency interact during two fundamental stages of word processing: (1) an early word encoding stage, and (2) a ...
Matthew K Leonard, Matthew K Leonard, Naja eFerjan Ramirez, Christina eTorres, Marla eHatrak, Rachel I Mayberry, Eric eHalgren, Eric eHalgren   +7 more
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Forced Transitions: Learning ASL In A Virtual Environment

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education, 2020
Engagement with native language models is essential for second language acquisition. Social distancing mandates made this interaction nearly impossible for students learning American Sign Language (ASL), at a small rural university in western Oregon ...
Kara Gournaris
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