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Assisting People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Through Technology

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Deaf; Hard of hearing; Captions; Alerting devices; Text messaging; Assistive listening devices; Video streaming; Alerting devices

Introduction

Technologies assist individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing (DHH) with access to spoken information in classrooms, at work, and in primarily social situations; technologies also help individuals who are DHH share information with hearing individuals. These technologies make it possible for individuals who are DHH to participate effectively in activities, when it would not otherwise be possible, such as by providing captions so that individuals who are DHH can follow television programs. Some of these technologies provide information visually, and others enhance auditory information (Gallaudet 2014). Technologies that assist individuals who are DHH may have a feature, such as captions, which is specially designed for them, or may be intended for a wide range of individuals and also meet the needs of individuals who are DHH in...

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  1. Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, USA

    Michael Stinson

  2. University of Thessaly, Thessaly, Greece

    Magda Nikolaraizi

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Stinson, M., Nikolaraizi, M. (2019). Assisting People Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing Through Technology. In: Tatnall, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Education and Information Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60013-0_143-1

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