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Inclusion of sign language users via information and communication technology

Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2006
The paper addresses the situation of sign language users (mostly deaf people) in the context of inclusion as a political goal. For several reasons, there is often still some confusion with the terms of deaf and hearing impaired.
Franz Dotter
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Woordeboeke en Dowe gebruikers: huidige probleme en die behoefte aan beter oplossings

Lexikos, 2013
Dictionaries and Deaf Users — Current Problems and the Need for Better Solutions. Sign language lexicography is a branch of lexicography that has until now been a largely vague, unimportant area.
Hanelle Fourie Blair
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The Impact of Age and Duration of Cochlear Implant in a Congenital Deaf Population: An ERP Study [PDF]

, 2016
Objective: It is well known that patients with Cochlear Implant (CI) have a large inter-individual variability in linguistic and auditory performances. This can be related to individual auditory processing abilities and integrity of auditory system from ...
Ermani, Mario, Gheller, Flavia, Ghiselli, Sara, Martini, Alessandro, Rampazzo, Patrizia, Trevisi, Patrizia   +5 more
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A Component-Based Vocabulary-Extensible Sign Language Gesture Recognition Framework

Sensors, 2016
Sign language recognition (SLR) can provide a helpful tool for the communication between the deaf and the external world. This paper proposed a component-based vocabulary extensible SLR framework using data from surface electromyographic (sEMG) sensors ...
Shengjing Wei, Xiang Chen, Xidong Yang, Shuai Cao, Xu Zhang   +4 more
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Quality of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Mobile Apps: Evaluation Using the Mobile App Rating Scale (MARS) With Additional Criteria From a Content Expert

JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2019
BackgroundThe spread of technology and dissemination of knowledge across the World Wide Web has prompted the development of apps for American Sign Language (ASL) translation, interpretation, and syntax recognition.
Romero, Ryan Lee, Kates, Frederick, Hart, Mark, Ojeda, Amanda, Meirom, Itai, Hardy, Stephen   +5 more
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The "SignOn"-Model for Teaching Written Language to Deaf People [PDF]

Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, 2012
This paper shows a method of teaching written language to deaf people using sign language as the language of instruction. Written texts in the target language are combined with sign language videos which provide the users with various modes of ...
Marlene Hilzensauer, Franz Dotter
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The acquisition of Sign Language: The impact of phonetic complexity on phonology [PDF]

, 2010
Research into the effect of phonetic complexity on phonological acquisition has a long history in spoken languages. This paper considers the effect of phonetics on phonological development in a signed language. We report on an experiment in which nonword-
Bernhardt B. H., Boyes Braem P., Brentari D., Brien D., Chamberlain C., Chloe R. Marshall, Chomsky N., Clibbens J., Conlin K. E., Crasborn O., de Bree E., de Bree E., Demuth K., Dollaghan C., Gary Morgan, Gathercole S. E., Hamilton H., Herman R., Jakobson R., Karnopp L. B., Kathryn Mason, Klima E.S., Locke J. L., Mann W., Marentette P. F., Marshall C. R., McIntire M., Morgan G., Sandler W., Sheridan M., Siedlecki T., Smith N. V., Stampe D., Stokoe W. C., Sutton-Spence R., Vihman M., Wilcox S., Wolfgang Mann, Woll B.   +38 more
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Development of audiovisual comprehension skills in prelingually deaf children with cochlear implants [PDF]

, 2005
Objective: The present study investigated the development of audiovisual comprehension skills in prelingually deaf children who received cochlear implants.
Bergeson, Tonya R., Davis, Rebecca A. O., Pisoni, David B.   +2 more
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Real-Time Feedback Application for Musical Pitch Training in Deaf Individuals Using Knowledge of Results

IEEE Access
People who are deaf have difficulty singing due to pitch recognition issues, even when using hearing aids or cochlear implants. This study addresses this issue by developing an interactive training application that provides real-time visual feedback ...
Ji Hyun Yi, Minji Hwang, Prajita Mane
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Mandarin speech perception in combined electric and acoustic stimulation. [PDF]

, 2014
For deaf individuals with residual low-frequency acoustic hearing, combined use of a cochlear implant (CI) and hearing aid (HA) typically provides better speech understanding than with either device alone.
Fu, Qian-Jie, Galvin, John J, Li, Yongxin, Zhang, Guoping   +3 more
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