Stress and mental health of hearing-impaired people in Japan

The current research aims to reveal the level of mental health of the hearing impaired, and then compare the health levels of the two groups of hearing impaired (hearing impaired school-integrated and the hearing impaired not school-integrated). The research was based on the SCL-90-R (Symptoms Check List) by applying it to a sample of hearing-impaired children who were deliberately selected, as it consisted of 40 students from the deaf and dumb center in Ain Temouchent. They are divided into two groups (23 students who are included in ordinary schools) and (23 students who are not included). the results showed that there are differences in the level of mental health between the two groups of hearing impaired, which means that the group of hearing impaired people who are not included is characterized by a high level of mental health problems. Based on these results, a set of recommendations and suggestions were reached, such as the necessity of paying attention to the process of school integration through creating the school environment and proposing comprehensive survey studies on this category in society in general and the school in particular, as well as proposing treatment and other indicative programs to facilitate the school integration process.

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3D Avatar Approach for Continuous Sign Movement Using Speech/Text

Applied Sciences ◽

10.3390/app11083439 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 3439

Author(s):

Debashis Das Chakladar ◽

Pradeep Kumar ◽

Shubham Mandal ◽

Partha Pratim Roy ◽

Masakazu Iwamura ◽

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Keyword(s):

Language Learning ◽

Sign Language ◽

Language Processing ◽

Hearing Impaired ◽

Learning System ◽

English Sentence ◽

Impaired People ◽

Indian Sign Language ◽

Impaired Person ◽

3D Avatar

Sign language is a visual language for communication used by hearing-impaired people with the help of hand and finger movements. Indian Sign Language (ISL) is a well-developed and standard way of communication for hearing-impaired people living in India. However, other people who use spoken language always face difficulty while communicating with a hearing-impaired person due to lack of sign language knowledge. In this study, we have developed a 3D avatar-based sign language learning system that converts the input speech/text into corresponding sign movements for ISL. The system consists of three modules. Initially, the input speech is converted into an English sentence. Then, that English sentence is converted into the corresponding ISL sentence using the Natural Language Processing (NLP) technique. Finally, the motion of the 3D avatar is defined based on the ISL sentence. The translation module achieves a 10.50 SER (Sign Error Rate) score.

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Designing ICT Applications for Hearing-Impaired People in Asia

6th International ACM In-Cooperation HCI and UX Conference ◽

10.1145/3431656.3432057 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ganesh Bhutkar ◽

Yohannes Kurniawan ◽

Johan Johan ◽

Dhananjay Bhole ◽

Shrikant Salve ◽

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Keyword(s):

Hearing Impaired ◽

Impaired People

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Signal processing to improve speech quality for hearing‐impaired people

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America ◽

10.1121/1.411031 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 96 (5) ◽

pp. 3258-3258

Author(s):

Zlatan Ribic ◽

Jun Yang

Keyword(s):

Signal Processing ◽

Speech Quality ◽

Hearing Impaired ◽

Impaired People

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Localization of Sound Sources in Normal Hearing and in Hearing Impaired People

Archives of Acoustics ◽

10.2478/v10168-011-0046-4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 36 (4) ◽

pp. 683-694 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Marek Niewiarowicz ◽

Tomasz Kaczmarek

Keyword(s):

Traffic Noise ◽

Normal Hearing ◽

Hearing Impaired ◽

Directional Hearing ◽

Sound Sources ◽

Hearing Ability ◽

Modified Method ◽

Noise Type ◽

Impaired People ◽

New System

Abstract This article presents results of investigations of the angle of directional hearing acuity (ADHA) as a measure of the spatial hearing ability with a special emphasis on people with hearing impairments. A modified method proposed by Zakrzewski has been used - ADHA values have been determined for 8 azimuths in the horizontal plane at the height of the listeners' head. The two-alternative-forced-choice method (2AFC), based on a new system of listeners' responses (left - right instead of no difference - difference in location of sound sources) was the procedure used in the experiment. Investigations were carried out for two groups of subjects: normal hearing people (9 persons) and hearing impaired people (sensorineural hearing loss and tinnitus - 9 persons). In the experiment different acoustic signals were used: sinusoidal signals (pure tones), 1/3 octave noise, amplitude modulated 1/3 octave noise, CCITT speech and traffic noises and signals corresponding to personal character of tinnitus for individual subjects. The results obtained in the investigations showed, in general, a better localization of the sound source for noise type signals than those for tonal signals. Inessential differences exist in ADHA values for particular signals between the two groups of subjects. On the other hand, significant differences for tinnitus signals and traffic noise signals were stated. A new system of listeners' responses was used and appeared efficient (less dispersion of results compared to the standard system).

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