Quick Info
Project Date
June 15, 2018 - Aug. 1, 2019
Sponsors:
NSF
Keywords:
accessibility,
hard of hearing,
longitudinal study,
assistive technology,
deaf and hard of hearing
News

Apr 16, 2020 | Jon
Dhruv Jain's Deaf Travel Autoethnography was covered by the UW Daily. Read the article here.

Oct 28, 2019 | Jon
Both of our ASSETS'19 papers were nominated for 'Best Paper' at ASSETS'19: Weld, G., Jang, E., Li, A., Zeng, A., Heimerl, K., Froehlich, J. E. (2019). Deep Learning for Automatically Detecting Sidewalk Accessibility Problems Using Streetscape Imagery. Proceedings of ASSETS 2019. Jain, D., Desjardins, A., Findlater, L., Froehlich, J. E. (2019). Autoethnography of a Hard of Hearing Traveler. Proceedings of ASSETS 2019. Congrats to all authors!
About
Deaf Travel Autoethnography
Our first author, Dhruv Jain, interaction with his scuba diving instructor during his one year backpacking tour.
Publications
Autoethnography of a Hard of Hearing Traveler
Proceedings of ASSETS 2019 | Acceptance Rate: 25.9% (41 / 158) | Best Paper Nominee
Talks
Project Members

Audrey Desjardins
Jun 2018 - Jul 2019
Assistant Professor
Art + Art History + Design
University of Washington

Dhruv Jain
Jun 2018 - Aug 2019
PhD Student
Computer Science
University of Washington
SoundWatch | AR Captioning | HomeSound

Leah Findlater
Dec 2018 - Jul 2019
Associate Professor
HCDE
University of Washington
HandSight | Touchscreen Accessibility | SoundWatch
