Hearing Impairment and Communication

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• Gloss-Free Representation Learning for Cross-Dataset Sign Spotting

  Oğuz Akif Tüfekcioğlu, Ezgi Ekin, Mustafa Kaan Çevik, Hacer Yalim Keles · 13 August 2026

  Sign-language research for resource-constrained languages is often limited by the cost of dense linguistic labels such as glosses, temporal boundaries, and sign order. Broadcast news offers a practical alternative by pairing continuous signing with spoken-language transcripts, but this supervision i…

• Deaf in AI: AI language technologies and the erosion of linguistic rights

  Maartje De Meulder · 7 July 2026

  This paper explores the interplay of AI language technologies, sign language interpreting, and linguistic access, highlighting the complex interdependencies shaping access frameworks and the tradeoffs these technologies bring. While AI tools promise innovation, they also perpetuate biases, reinforce…

• Normativity and Productivism: Ableist Intelligence? A Degrowth Analysis of AI Sign Language Translation Tools for Deaf People

  Nina Seron-Abouelfadil, Poppy Fynes · 1 May 2026

  Sign languages, of any geographical or accentual variation, understandably face continuous scrutiny under the ever present popularity of verbal dictation and audism. Through this, many potential problems arise with the current lack of accessible communication for those who rely on such sign language…

• How Do Lexical Senses Correspond Between Spoken German and German Sign Language?

  Melis Çelikkol, Wei Zhao · 17 February 2026

  Sign language lexicographers construct bilingual dictionaries by establishing word-to-sign mappings, where polysemous and homonymous words corresponding to different signs across contexts are often underrepresented. A usage-based approach examining how word senses map to signs can identify such nove…