Breaking the sound barrier: designing an interactive tool for language acquisition in preschool deaf children

Authors:
Kevin Huang;Jesse Smith;Kimberly Spreen;Mary Frances Jones
Affiliations:
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia;Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Venue:
IDC '08 Proceedings of the 7th international conference on Interaction design and children
Year:
2008

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Abstract

This paper introduces a new interactive tool for teaching ASL to deaf preschool children. Our design makes use of a familiar form-factor, that of a teddy bear, to create a tangible media solution to presenting video content and providing intuitive means of interaction. Children interact with the system by "showing" the bear RFID flash cards to trigger ASL videos on an embedded LCD screen. The system supports different modes of learning and the ability to track the user's progress over time. Here we describe the design, prototyping, and evaluation of this system, which has been well-received in our initial pilot study. At the time of submission, a more empirically-based evaluation is under development.