New developments in low-bit rate videotelephony for people who are deaf

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1425-1433

  Woelders, Wendy W ^a,c   Frowein, Han W ^a   Nielsen, Jan ^b   Questa, Paolo ^d   Sandini, Giulio ^d  

^a Instituut voor Doven   (Netherlands)

^b UNITEK   (Italy)

^c Research and Development/Transfer   (Netherlands)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Fingerspelling; Picture quality; Sign language; Speechreading; Videotelephony

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; MALE; SIGN LANGUAGE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TELEPHONE; VIDEORECORDING; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 0031443164     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/jslhr.4006.1425     Document Type: Article

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