PHYSorg.com: PHYSorg news tagged with: deaf people http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers create cell phones for sign language (PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell researchers and colleagues have created cell phones that allow deaf people to communicate in sign language, the same way hearing people use phones to talk. http://www.physorg.com/news178997841.html Technology Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:30:01 EST news178997841 Findings could lead to improved lip-reading training for the deaf and hard-of-hearing A new study by the University of East Anglia suggests computers are now better at lip-reading than humans. http://www.physorg.com/news171781818.html Medicine & Health Thu, 10 Sep 2009 06:11:19 EST news171781818 Good vibrations: Devices aid the deaf by translating sound waves to vibrations (PhysOrg.com) -- Lip reading is a critical means of communication for many deaf people, but it has a drawback: Certain consonants (for example, p and b) can be nearly impossible to distinguish by sight alone. http://www.physorg.com/news154884567.html Technology Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:30:28 EST news154884567 Sign language over a mobile phone A group at the University of Washington has developed software that for the first time enables deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans to use sign language over a mobile phone. UW engineers got the phones working together this spring, and recently received a National Science Foundation grant for a 20-person field project that will begin next year in Seattle. http://www.physorg.com/news138590527.html Technology Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:22:07 EST news138590527