A survey of current usage of telecommunication devices for young persons with hearing impairments in Japan

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Naito, Ichiro^{; *} | Murakami, Hiroshi

Affiliations: Department of Information Science and Electronics, Tsukuba College of Technology, Zip 305-0005, Amakubo 4-3-15, Tsukuba city, Ibaraki Pref., Japan

Correspondence: [*] Tel.: + 81 298 58 9392; Fax: + 81 298 58 9394; E-mail: [email protected].

Abstract: Telecommunications had been a difficult task for persons with hearing impairments in Japan. Recently, pager communications and new cellular phone service, focusing not only on speech but also on non-speech communications, provide persons with hearing impairments with more active communications possibilities. In this paper, we clarify details of our questionnaire surveys, and describe the future view of telecommunications for persons with hearing impairments.

Keywords: persons with hearing impairments, pager, cellular phone, facsimile, telecommunication

DOI: 10.3233/TAD-2000-12106

Journal: Technology and Disability, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 41-51, 2000