Hearing Impaired

Josiah Cheslik, a UW junior and volunteer in the MobileASL field study, demonstrates using the phone to sign with Pete Michor, seen in the background, another participant in the study (Image: Mary Levin, UW)

Mobile Technology

Sign language communication over low bandwidth mobile phone networks

University of Washington (UW) engineers are developing the first device able to transmit American Sign Language (ASL) over U.S. cellular networks.

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Interpreting sign language is just the beginning for the AcceleGlove open source dataglove

After years in the making, the Acceleglove is finally here and available for sale.

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Researchers develop smell based fire alarm to aid the deaf

Taking common local food condiment, wasabi (or Japanese Horseradish), researchers at Japan's Shiga University of Medical Science, have created a unique smoke detector/fire alarm designed to aid the deaf in case of an emergency.