Cognitive Technology for Children with Hearing Impairments

Lack of specialists, speech instructors and sign language instructors in the Arab world have led to the impediment of the education and cognitive development for children with Hearing Impairments (HI). The objective of this research is to investigate the needs of people with HI in the Arab world, and propose a system design that would help alleviate the challenges they face. The proposed system framework is centered on Arabic-based Natural Language Processing, with the objectives focused on presenting a multiple component educational system that utilizes multimedia-based learning, to enhance the cognitive and communication skills of children with HI.