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Císarová, Klára; Lamr, Marián; Vitvarová, Jana – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2015
The paper describes an e-learning system called Advanced Learning Space that was developed at the Technical University of Liberec. The system provides a personalized virtual work space and promotes communication among students and their teachers. The core of the system is a module that can be used to automatically record, store and playback…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Disabilities
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Melton, Julie; Higbee, Renee – Odyssey: New Directions in Deaf Education, 2013
Since the early 1990s, when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved cochlear implants for deaf and hard of hearing children, the number of children who have cochlear implants has increased in mainstream settings. Recent research suggests that these students, like their deaf and hard of hearing peers without implants who use sign language,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Partial Hearing, Assistive Technology, Individualized Education Programs
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Miller, Kevin J. – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2014
This article reflects on the author's experience supervising a public school program for students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, specifically addressing national, regional, and local trends affecting it. These trends included teacher efficacy, changes in educational service delivery, advances in technology, the selection of the listening and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Partial Hearing, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Clark, Mary – PEPNet 2, 2010
Late-deafness means deafness that happened postlingually, any time after the development of speech and language in a person who has identified with hearing society through schooling, social connections, etc. Students who are late-deafened cannot understand speech without visual aids such as speechreading, sign language, and captioning (although…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Visual Aids, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Johnston, Trevor; Napier, Jemina – Sign Language Studies, 2010
In this article we describe an Australian project in which linguists, signed language interpreters, medical and health care professionals, and members of the Deaf community use the technology of the Internet to facilitate cooperative language development. A web-based, interactive multimedia lexicon, an encyclopedic dictionary, and a database of…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Sign Language, Health Personnel, Deafness
PEPNet, 2009
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), amended in 2008, is a federal law intended to eliminate discrimination against people with disabilities. It applies to employers, state and local government agencies, places of public accommodation, transportation facilities, telephone companies, and the U.S. Congress. Under Title II of the ADA,…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Federal Legislation, Partial Hearing, Disabilities
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Woodcock, Kathryn; Rohan, Meg J.; Campbell, Linda – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
Approximately 5% of people in most countries have deafness or significant hearing loss. This significant minority is underrepresented in mainstream universities across the world. Background information about deafness, relevant technology and its drawbacks, and the use of interpreters are discussed. The barriers to equitable representation of…
Descriptors: Negative Attitudes, Graduates, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Guthmann, Debra; Graham, Vicki – Journal of Teaching in the Addictions, 2004
Current research indicates that D/deaf and hard of hearing clients seeking treatment for substance abuse often encounter obstacles in receiving the help they need. Many of these obstacles are the result of a lack of knowledge and experience with regard to treating D/deaf and hard of hearing people. Programs designed for hearing people that attempt…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Assistive Technology, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
Pressey, James – PEPNet-Northeast, 2001
If a campus has students who are deaf or hard of hearing, its Public Safety department needs to become aware of some basic information about deafness in order to serve those students well. Public Safety officers may interact with deaf students in a variety of situations: (1) Reporting a theft; (2) Emergency medical situations; (3) Reporting items…
Descriptors: Partial Hearing, Deafness, Deaf Interpreting, Assistive Technology
Schragle, Peter – PEPNet-Northeast, 2000
Captioning--a visual representation of the audio portion of videotape material--enables deaf learners to have full access to materials used in the classroom. With an ever-expanding pool of captioning agencies providing a wider array of options, including modem technology, and because of the greater availability of other low-cost captioning…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Federal Legislation
Johnstone, Chas – PEPNet-Northeast, 1999
Students who are deaf and hard of hearing have special needs that must be accommodated before they can fully benefit from various types of classroom presentation technology. An optimal classroom situation for learners who must depend primarily on visual input includes careful consideration of factors such as room set up, legibility of the media,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Partial Hearing, Classroom Environment, Computer Assisted Instruction