Augmented reality at the service of deaf people

We are pleased to announce that Brigitte Bigi, CNRS researcher at LPL, has been awarded for the project "Seeing sounds with automated 'Cued Speech': augmented reality at the service of deaf people".

Funded by the International Foundation for Applied Research on Disability (FIRAH) to the tune of €50,000, it has been developed in partnership with the Datha Association (Parents of deaf children and friends of deaf people) and the International Academy Supporting Cued Adaptations (AISAC).

The LPL project team includes the following members: Brigitte Bigi (project manager), Núria Gala, Michel Pitermann and Carine André.

More information:
Elaboration of the first LPL Cued speech corpus (2021) : https://www.lpl-aix.fr/en/actualite/what-about-cued-speech/
Link to the Cued speech corpus (CLeLfPC) : https://www.ortolang.fr/market/corpora/clelfpc

Credits: 2021 B. Bigi and M. Zimmermann

What educational model for deaf children in Tunisia?

We are pleased to announce the publication of the article Preliminary Considerations on the Development of a Bicultural Trilingual Education Model for Deaf Children in the Tunisian Context co-written by Aymen Nefaa (PhD student LPL-AMU), Leïla Boutora (LPL-AMU ) and Núria Gala (LPL-AMU).

The article is published by the journal Frontiers in Education and is available in open access.

Reference: Nefaa A, Boutora L and Gala N (2022) Preliminary Considerations on the Development of a Bicultural Trilingual Education Model for Deaf Children in the Tunisian Context. Front. Educ. 6:750584. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.750584

Contact: aymen.nefaa@univ-amu.fr