by pearl & janelle interface for the deaf: pilot study
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BY PEARL & JANELLE
Interface for the Deaf: Pilot Study
Introduction
The interface is specially build for deaf community by NCDHR (National Center for Deaf Health Research) in collaboration with Rochester Institute of Technology and University of Rochester. The interface has signers using different sign languages like American sign Language (ASL), Signed English and Interpreters along with the English text appearing on screen. It has different age groups, gender and race for the signers. The survey tool will have question related to health and medical problems.
Purpose of This Study
To see the influence on people with the change in signer’s gender and the type of question (Personal/Non-Personal).
Interface being developed for deaf students We were not allowed to use the actual interface
This is a pilot Study Experimentation to lead to other studies
Participants
6 participants All males Some form of hearing loss
We were not allowed to use deaf studentsNo signer was needed for this study
Setup
Tools Used SMI eye tracker Experiment Center BeGaze
Stimuli Two screenshots of the AOI side by side One side has a male signer and the other has a female
signerExperiment set up in Experiment Center
Two experiment files created to have the male and female signers switched
Example of our Experiment Setup
Non- Personal Question
Results: AOI Sequence Charts
Personal Question
Results: AOI Sequence Charts
Non-Personal Question
Results: Binning chart
Personal Question
Results: Binning Chart
Non-Personal Question
Results: Heat Maps
Personal Question
Results: Heat Maps
Results: ScanPath