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Comparing sign language and gesture: Insights from pointing Open
How do the signs of sign language differ from the gestures that speakers produce when they talk? We address this question by focusing on pointing. Pointing signs play an important role in sign languages, with some types functioning like pr…
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Narrative skills in deaf children who use spoken English: Dissociations between macro and microstructural devices Open
Previous research has highlighted that deaf children acquiring spoken English have difficulties in narrative development relative to their hearing peers both in terms of macro-structure and with micro-structural devices. The majority of pr…
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Baby sign but <span>not</span> spontaneous gesture predicts later vocabulary in children with Down Syndrome Open
Early spontaneous gesture, specifically deictic gesture, predicts subsequent vocabulary development in typically developing (TD) children. Here, we ask whether deictic gesture plays a similar role in predicting later vocabulary size in chi…
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Pemerolehan bahasa anak berkebutuhan khusus (tunarungu) dalam memahami bahasa Open
Children with hearing impairment are children with hearing loss who are classified into deaf and hard of hearing. The direct impact of disability is the obstruction of verbal / verbal communication, both speaking (expressive) and understan…
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Gesture as a Window onto Communicative Abilities: Implications for Diagnosis and Intervention Open
Speakers around the globe gesture when they talk, and young children are no exception. In fact, children's first foray into communication tends to be through their hands rather than their mouths. There is now good evidence that children ty…
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Imitation, Sign Language Skill and the Developmental Ease of Language Understanding (D-ELU) Model Open
Imitation and language processing are closely connected. According to the Ease of Language Understanding (ELU) model (Rönnberg et al., 2013) pre-existing mental representation of lexical items facilitates language understanding. Thus, imit…
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Evolving artificial sign languages in the lab: from improvised gesture to systematic sign Open
Recent work on emerging sign languages provides evidence for how key properties of linguistic systems are created. Here we use laboratory experiments to investigate the contribution of two specific mechanisms– interaction and transmission–…
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Sign Language Unification: The Need for Next Generation Deaf Education Open
Speech plays a basic role in communication between people, in education, in sharing ideas and in maintaining social contacts. The hearing-impaired have to challenge communication barriers in a mostly hearing-capable society. Availability o…
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Speech-language pathologists’ practices in augmentative and alternative communication during early intervention Open
This survey study examined augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) practices reported by early intervention speech-language pathologists (SLPs) across the United States (N = 376). The study examined (a) types of AAC that SLPs repo…
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Simultaneity as an Emergent Property of Efficient Communication in Language: A Comparison of Silent Gesture and Sign Language Open
Sign languages use multiple articulators and iconicity in the visual modality which allow linguistic units to be organized not only linearly but also simultaneously. Recent research has shown that users of an established sign language such…
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Sign‐Supported English: is it effective at teaching vocabulary to young children with English as an Additional Language? Open
Background Children who are learning English as an Additional Language (EAL) may start school with smaller vocabularies than their monolingual peers. Given the links between vocabulary and academic achievement, it is important to evaluate …
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Manual and Spoken Cues in French Sign Language’s Lexical Access: Evidence From Mouthing in a Sign-Picture Priming Paradigm Open
Although Sign Languages are gestural languages, the fact remains that some linguistic information can also be conveyed by spoken components as mouthing. Mouthing usually tend to reproduce the more relevant phonetic part of the equivalent s…
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Pointing and Self-reference in French andFrench Sign Language Open
The aim of this paper is to conduct an exploratory study and compare the development of pointing and its specific use as self-reference in French sign language (LSF) with the development of pointing and self reference in French. Personal r…
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Fingerspelling and the Appropriation of Language: The Shifting Stakes of a Practice of Signs Open
Recent studies have proven the specificity and advantages of fingerspelling from a linguistic point of view. However, while the use of fingerspelling is widespread today, it is limited to sign language interactions. The appreciation for bo…
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EFFECTIVE METHODS OF TEACHING HEARING IMPAIRED CHILDREN Open
This article discusses the effective methods of teaching hearing impaired children. Effective teaching methods for hearing-impaired children require patience, creativity, and customized instruction. Teachers must be flexible, attentive, an…
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Acquisition of Picture Exchange-Based vs. Signed Mands and Implications to Teach Functional Communication Skills to Children with Autism Open
A literature review was conducted to describes important concepts involved in functional analysis of verbal behavior as well as to evaluates empirical research findings on acquisition of picture exchange-based vs. signed mands to suggest i…
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Sign Language Recognition for Sentence Level Continuous Signings Open
It is no doubt that communication plays a vital role in human life. There is, however, a significant population of hearing-impaired people who use non-verbal techniques for communication, which a majority of the people cannot understand. T…
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Enhancing Classroom-Based Communication Instruction for Students with Signifificant Disabilities and Limited Language Open
Many students with significant disabilities have complex communication needs and are not yet able to express themselves using speech, sign language, or other symbolic forms. These students rely on nonsymbolic forms of communication like fa…
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Automatic Segmentation of Grammatical Facial Expressions in Sign Language: Towards an Inclusive Communication Experience Open
Nowadays, natural language processing techniques enable the development of applications that promote communication between humans and between humans and machines. Although the technology related to automated oral communication is mature an…
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CONTENT ANALYSIS OF THE WRITTEN COMMUNICATION FORM OF DEAF CHILDREN Open
The aim of this research was to examine the communication and linguistic competence of a meaningful understanding of the written communication form of deaf persons. In this study, a qualitative method of content analysis was used. The stud…
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Social inclusion and the use of sign language inset during the 2019 Philippine SONA Open
This phenomenological study, guided by Radcliffe-(1881–1955) Brown's Structural Functionalism Theory, investigated how sign language inset was used for social inclusion during the 2019 Philippine State of the Nation Address on GMA Network,…
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Molecular phylogenetic affiliation of Wolbachia and phage WO among Mansonia mosquitoes from Kerala, India Open
Speech plays a basic role in communication between people, in education, in sharing ideas and in maintaining social contacts. The hearing-impaired have to challenge communication barriers in a mostly hearing-capable society. Availability o…
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Efektivitas Komunikasi Nonverbal Bahasa Isyarat dalam Pemenuhan Kebutuhan Informasi Siswa SLB Cicendo Bandung Open
Nonverbal communication is a symbol used in communication, which is not language but a sign with members of the body, including the head, eyes, lips, hands and fingers. Sign language is usually a combination of form, orientation and gestur…
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Concurrent Predictors of Supplementary Sign Use in School-Aged Children With Childhood Apraxia of Speech Open
Purpose: Manual sign is a common alternative mode of communication taught to children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Gesture use is positively related to later increases in vocabulary and syntactic complexity in typical developmen…
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Functional and Structural Brain Asymmetries in Sign Language Processing Open
The capacity for language constitutes a cornerstone of human cognition and distinguishes our species from other animals. Research in the cognitive sciences has demonstrated that this capacity is not bound to speech but can also be external…
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Sign Language Detection in Voice Output Open
This Sign language detection is the process of recognizing and interpreting gestures, symbols, and movements used in sign language. This technology is significant in enabling communication between individuals who are deaf or hard of hearin…
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Multiple Languages to Sign Language Using NLTK Open
Sign language involves visual gestures and signs that deaf and mute people adopt as their first conversation. People other than deaf or hard of hearing can also use sign language, like, people suffering from autism, apraxia of speech, cere…
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SMART GLOVE Sign to Speech Conversion and Home Automation Control for Mute Community Open
Communication plays a vital role for human beings. This project helps in improving the communication with the dumb people using flex device technology. a tool is developed that may translate totally different signs as well as Indian langua…
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Application of Machine Learning in Malaysia Sign Language Translation Open
Sign language serves as a vital form of communication for individuals with hearing impairments, enabling seamless interaction among those who cannot hear. It is a widely used means of communication worldwide, facilitating communication wit…
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Computer program in sign language for controlling mobile objects and communicating with people Open
This article emphasizes the need for effective communication methods for people with disabilities, focusing on gestures and finger movements. The study aims to address the communication support gap for this group by creating a specialized …