Talking through touch: adapting sign languages for use by Deafblind people

该项目旨在研究触觉澳大利亚手语（Auslan），这是澳大利亚盲人的手语。聋哑人和盲人面临社会孤立的高风险，并且通常只有有限数量的人可以与他们流利地交流。那些天生失聪和成年后失去视力的人经常使用触觉形式的手语，但视觉手语如何被修改为触觉传递却知之甚少。该项目利用经验丰富的触觉签名者的对话数据，将使用对话分析来记录和描述触觉Auslan。这项分析旨在为口译员和个案工作者的培训提供信息，并有助于我们理解触摸作为一种以前未充分探索的语言形式。

This project intends to investigate tactile Australian Sign Language (Auslan), the sign language of deafblind Australians. People who are both deaf and blind are at high risk of social isolation and often have only a limited number of people with whom they can communicate fluently. Those who were born deaf and lose vision as adults often use a tactile form of sign language, but how visual sign languages are modified for tactile delivery is poorly understood. Drawing on conversational data from experienced tactile signers, the project will use conversation analysis to document and describe tactile Auslan. This analysis aims to inform interpreter and case worker training and to contribute to our understanding of touch as a previously underexplored language modality.