American Sign Language (ASL) is the primary language that many people within the Deaf and Hard of Hearing community in the United States learn and use. Because of this, English can be an unnecessary obstacle as it is often a secondary language to the signer, making traditional education or research participation difficult. Our team collaborated with the ASL Education Center (AEC) to design an ASL-centric survey tool that would not rely on the written English language. After iteratively prototyping a tool focused on user experience and empowerment, we conducted a user study with seven participants to solicit feedback from Deaf and Hard of Hearing users. Using this feedback, we analyzed participant responses to provide recommendations to guide further development of the ASL survey tool.

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Creator

• Cordova, Isabelle
• Henriques, Brittany

Subject

• Inclusion
• Culture
• Community
• Innovation
• Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 65896
• E-project-042822-163023

Keyword

• American Sign Language (ASL)
• User Experience Design
• User Testing
• Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
• User Interface Design
• Survey

Advisor

• Solovey, Erin

Year

• 2022

Sponsor

• National Science Foundation (NSF)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education
• 10 - Reducing Inequality

Date created

• 2022-04-28

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Interdisciplinary

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• All rights reserved