Vision-Based American Sign Language Classification Approach via Deep Learning [PDF]
Hearing-impaired is the disability of partial or total hearing loss that causes a significant problem for communication with other people in society. American Sign Language (ASL) is one of the sign languages that most commonly used language used by Hearing impaired communities to communicate with each other.
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Socio-demographic characteristics, lifestyle factors and burden of morbidity associated with self-reported hearing and vision impairments in older British community-dwelling men: a cross-sectional study. [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Hearing and vision problems are common in older adults. We investigated the association of self-reported sensory impairment with lifestyle factors, chronic conditions, physical functioning, quality of life and social interaction.
Carvalho, LA+8 more
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Discovery and Testimony of Unretained Experts: Creating a Clear and Equitable Standard to Govern Compliance With Subpoenas [PDF]
Hearing impairment is known to be one of the most frequent sensory impairments. This condition is known to be a hidden disorder which is under recognised and under treated all around the world.
Manchaiah, Vinaya K. C., Zhao, Fei
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Hearing impairment and daily-life fatigue: a qualitative study
Objective: Hearing impairment is linked to increased fatigue, yet little is known about the real-world impact of this fatigue. This qualitative study investigated the experience of daily-life fatigue in people with a hearing impairment.
Jack A. Holman+3 more
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Maltese children with a hearing impairment : analysis of the current situation and its impact on the quality of life of parents [PDF]
Understanding the effect that a diagnosis of a childhood hearing loss has on parents would help professionals adopt an approach which diminishes parents’ possible negative feelings and concerns. A sample of parents of children with hearing impairment
Grima, Ritienne, Sciberras, Stefan
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Phenotypic and molecular assessment of seven patients with 6p25 deletion syndrome: Relevance to ocular dysgenesis and hearing impairment [PDF]
BACKGROUND: Thirty-nine patients have been described with deletions involving chromosome 6p25. However, relatively few of these deletions have had molecular characterization.
A Plaja+45 more
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Background: Chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) is one of the leading causes of preventable disabling hearing impairment (DHI) in developing countries. Early detection and management complements advances made in other survival programs, improves work
Salem Muftah+3 more
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Objective: This review evaluated the data from five datasets having pure-tone thresholds and functional measures of speech communication from relatively large groups of older adults to evaluate the validity of the proposed new World Health Organisation ...
L. Humes
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Common mental illness in people with sensory impairment: results from the 2014 adult psychiatric morbidity survey [PDF]
BACKGROUND: People with sensory impairments may be at increased risk of depression and anxiety but experience barriers to accessing treatment. AIMS: To investigate whether people with sensory impairment have more depressive and anxiety symptoms than ...
Hodge, Leigh, McManus, McManus, Nelson
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Mutations of SOX10 result in Waardenburg syndrome characterized by sensorineural hearing loss and pigmentary abnormalities, which can be found in association with a defect of migrating neural crest cells.
Xiaohong Li+10 more
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