What new computer applications can help teach reading and writing to deaf students?
A wide range of computer programs for literacy instruction can help students who are deaf. Programs such as HandsOn, for example, offer a bilingual approach to language instruction for children who are deaf by providing access to stories in both English and American Sign Language. Other programs for secondary level students integrate sign language and interactive video. Electronic textbooks such as those used in Project Literacy-HI are designed as supplements or alternatives to traditional texts. One project at Lamar University in Texas designed a trilingual program for Hispanic students who are deaf, allowing students to read about Latin American culture in either English, Spanish, or sign.
