USC Researchers achieved 91 percent accuracy at computer recognition of signs While there is “talk to text,” there’s no equivalent tool for American Sign Language (ASL) to be automatically recognized and translated into text. New research and language technologies developed…
Our hearing ability can greatly impact our health. And hearing loss is a common and widespread issue worldwide. Did you know 1.5 billion people—20% of the world’s population—have some degree of hearing loss? [6] It’s currently the third-leading chronic health…
Ensuring d/Deaf children become bilingual in sign language and English should be a key priority for policymakers and teachers because this plays an important role in their education, a new study says. Curriculum and instruction in deaf education should provide…
Interpretation is a cornerstone of communication for deaf people who, without that real-time translation, may not be able to follow all that is being said. But deaf people do not only benefit from interpreters, some wish to themselves provide the…
Rain Bosworth studies how deaf children experience the world | Science News In a darkened room in Rochester, N.Y., a baby girl in a pink onesie peers at a computer screen. Wherever she looks, an eye tracker follows — recording…
Mapping Hearing Loss in the USA | SoundCheck SoundCheck is a research and communications project to identify the extent of hearing loss in the United States by state and county. Hearing loss is extremely common, especially among adults, and more…
