“Out of Sight, Out of Mind” Comparing Deaf and Hard of Hearing Child’s Response to ASL Recommendation Systems

Abstract

The Tabletop Interactive Play System (TIPS) was created to provide linguistic input to deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) children while exposing hearing parents to American Sign Language (ASL) through an ASL vocabulary recommendation system during non-obtrusive toy play. Along with our novel ASL recommendation system, a definition of successful ASL delivery is introduced to assist in determining the quality and quantity of the ASL input for the child. We compare our proposed system with pre-established technology that can aid ASL learning. Through our proposed measurements and future user study, we will be able to learn more about DHH children and how they respond to ASL, as well as objectively determine the best system to aid parents in learning ASL.