DCAL Research Projects
Current DCAL Research Projects
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Changing Languages and Identities (CLI) Project
What it is about:
This study is motivated by the many changes in the deaf
community over the last 20 years related to early diagnosis, use of
Cochlear Implants, type of schooling and access to Higher Education and
the impact these changes may have on language and identity of the deaf
community. In this context, we will look at three groups of 16-19 year
olds - a group attending mainstream programmes and uses
CSWs/interpreters to access the curriculum, a group attending a deaf,
oral school and another group attending a deaf, signing school. One of
our main aims is to study issues related to language and identity. In
addition to the deaf students, we are also including CSWs and
interpreters, who work in education. All participants will partake in
interviews and complete a number of linguistic tasks.
Who to contact for more information: Kate Rowley
Sign Language
Interpreter Language and Interpreting Aptitude
What it is
about:
This longitudinal study uses a battery of language, motor/gesture and
psychological tests to compare expert sign language interpreters with those in
undergraduate interpreter training programs.
Who to contact for more information: Christopher Stone
Deaf-blind research
projects
What it is about:
The following projects explore the
signing of individuals who have reduced visual field as a result of Usher
syndrome, and signers who have become totally blind, specifically:
- the
role of visual feedback in signing
- perception and production of facial
information by blind signers
- the role of vision in spatial grammar
-
fMRI of tactilely and visually perceived fingerspelling
Who to contact for more information: Bencie Woll
Past DCAL Research Projects
Specific
Language Impairment (SLI) in deaf children who use sign
language
What it is about:
The SLI project is the first major
study of language impairment in signing deaf children. The project aims to
better understand and characterise SLI in deaf children and to develop
assessments in order to identify language impairment in signing deaf children.
Who to contact for more information: Kathryn Mason
Voice
hallucinations in deaf people with schizophrenia
What it is
about:
This project explored the perceptual characteristics of voice
hallucinations in deaf people with schizophrenia.
Who to contact for more information: Joanna Atkinson
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