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Professor Kearsy Cormier, Director of UCL DCAL Research Center
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Our research informs our understanding of how deafness affects cognition, language and the brain.

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Find out more about useful and freely available resources that we offer. DCAL provides face-to-face clinical assessment and online assessments of language and cognition in deaf people.

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Get involved in SignGPT!
Get involved in SignGPT!

Get involved in SignGPT!

AI is changing the face of language technology - from lookup tools to Siri/Alexa to Google Translate to ChatGPT. So far this has been focused on spoken languages. What about sign languages?

16 Jun 2025

Dean’s List of top performing postgraduate students for 2023/24 announced
Dean’s List of top performing postgraduate students for 2023/24 announced

Dean’s List of top performing postgraduate students for 2023/24 announced

Every year the Dean recognises the top postgraduate students, in terms of academic performance, from across the Faculty.

12 Jun 2025

New research reveals how the brain distinguishes familiar voices
New research reveals how the brain distinguishes familiar voices

New research reveals how the brain distinguishes familiar voices

Researchers in the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences have revealed that our brains process the voices of people we know well differently to those we are unfamiliar with.

29 May 2025

DCAL Lay Summaries

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UCL DCAL Research Centre
49 Gordon Square
London
WC1H 0PD
England