Turn on the Words! Deaf Audiences, Captions, and the Long Struggle for Access

Shahan, Cheryl L.

doi:10.1093/deafed/enac023

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“…However, DHH people may also struggle with ICTs, for example, if they lack the appropriate skills to use these devices, or if video captions are lacking or inaccurate (Lang, 2021; Pilling & Barrett, 2008). As the captions feature remains under‐developed, DHH people struggle in creating captions for their own videos in sign language and thus reach hearing people (Mack et al., 2020).…”

Section: Icts Expanding and Intensifying Dhh Socialitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Technological socialities: The impact of information and communication technologies on belonging among deaf and hard‐of‐hearing people

Ahlin

Hiddinga

2023

Sociology Compass

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This review article examines how different types of communication technologies, from the specialized medical to generic social devices, influence belonging and sociality among deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) people. The emphasis is on DHH adolescents and young adults who may be impacted differently across countries, given state-specific policies regarding the status of sign language and deaf education, and based on different availability, affordability, and accessibility of communication technologies. We introduce different perspectives on deafness, ranging from pathological to cultural, a heuristic on which we build to explore DHH socialities as complex and evolving. We then analytically review ethnographic research on how cochlear implants impact DHH people's belonging to the "deaf world" and/or the "hearing world," and how they navigate between these worlds. Then we move on to technologies such as text messages and social media, which enable DHH people to extend their socialities beyond local communities. Belonging is a fluid phenomenon, and technologies which are in a constant process of innovation and development may influence it in complex ways. We argue that to explore questions of belonging, identity, and sociality among DHH people, and

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Section: Icts Expanding and Intensifying Dhh Socialitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%