A Collaborative Approach for Supporting Interaction among Hearing Impaired and Listeners
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چکیده
Hearing impairment was indicated as the second largest proven deficiency in world population. People with such disabilities face many obstacles in their communication and interaction with listeners, even with equal level of cognitive development. Collaborative tools offer the possibility to improve the interaction between listeners and hearing impaired subjects. This study presents an approach to support this type of interaction aimed to augment the participation of hearing impaired in collective activities. The approach has been materialized in a collaborative writing tool on which participants from both categories work together to produce a common document. The approach was evaluated by means of an experiment conducted with listeners and hearing impaired students in a learning environment. Analysis of the results obtained in the experiment show that the collaborative writing enhanced the interaction and contributes to a more harmonious and real coexistence among listeners and hearing impaired.
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