• International journal of advanced smart convergence
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.214-220
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• 2019

Hearing impaired people are apt to be in danger because they can't detect danger with sound. Hearing impaired people have less risk-detection ability than non-disabled people because of lack of hearing. There are many devices to help the hearing impaired, such as hearing aids. A hearing aids can be helpful, but it may not be available depending on the degree or type of hearing loss for example, to the hearing-impaired people with little remaining hearing of high frequencies, ordinary hearing aids are not very useful for understanding the high frequency consonants and it requires a high cost, from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars. Also, it is difficult for the underprivileged, such as the low-income bracket and the elderly, to use them because they are difficult to manage. Therefore, this paper describes the development of low-cost wearable device to assistant a hearing-impaired people using Arduino. Also, it accepts values from switches or sensors and can control external electronic devices such as LEDs and motors to create objects that can interact with the environment. In this is paper, through sound sensors, the ambient sound was taken as an analogue value and transmitted to the aduino board, and the vibration motor was operated when the noise was generated, so that the user could be aware of the occurrence of danger.

• 복식문화연구
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.75-87
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• 2017

The purpose of this study was to examine visually impaired people's clothing behavior, using a qualitative approach. The results are intended to be used as baseline data to make an instrument that can measure the factors that have an effect on visually impaired people's clothing needs from the perspective of environmental and social relationship contexts. This study was made through in-depth interviews with people with grade-1 visual impairment, and the results were as follows: First, when purchasing clothing, they were accompanied by trusted people, and chose trusted brands and trusted products. They spent as little time as possible, did not try on many clothes, and they preferred colors, designs, and purchase methods that carried as low a risk as possible. Second, they wanted basic product information and simple procedures when purchasing and using clothing products. Third, they were able to manage their own clothes themselves. However, there was insufficient laundry information available. Fourth, the main reason why visually impaired people took care of their appearance was that they wanted to look neat and clean to be respected by others. Based on the study results, it is necessary to provide information on clothing to improve quality of life and welfare and thus ensure visually impaired people's independence.

• 재활복지공학회논문지
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.119-124
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• 2014

본 연구는 청각장애인의 보청기사용에 영향을 미치는 요인을 탐색하기 위해 4차년도 장애인 고용패널 521명을 대상으로 분석하였다. 분석은 Andersen-Newman의 서비스 이용모델을 기반으로 선행요인, 가능성 요인, 욕구요인으로 구분하여 각각의 요인들이 청각장애인의 보청기 사용에 미치는 영향력을 살펴보기 위해 로지스틱 회귀분석(logistic regression)을 실시하였다. 분석결과 선행요인에서는 연령과 교육수준이 높을수록, 가능성 요인에서는 총소득이 낮고 장애수용정도가 높을수록, 욕구요인에서는 장애등급이 낮을수록 보청기 사용수준이 유의미하게 높아지는 것으로 나타났다. 이러한 결과를 토대로 연구의 제한점과 함의를 제안하였다.

• International Journal of Advanced Culture Technology
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.320-328
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• 2021

As the number of visually impaired people steadily increases, interest in independent walking is also increasing. However, there are various inconveniences in the independent walking of the visually impaired at present, reducing the quality of life of the visually impaired. The white cane, which is an existing walking aid for the visually impaired, has difficulty in recognizing upper obstacles and obstacles outside the effective distance. In addition, it is inconvenient to cross the street because the sound signal to help the visually impaired cross the crosswalk is lacking or damaged. These factors make it difficult for the visually impaired to walk independently. Therefore, we propose the design of an embedded system that provides traffic light recognition through object recognition technology, voice guidance using TTS, and upper obstacle recognition through ultrasonic sensors so that blind people can realize safe and high-quality independent walking.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.51-58
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• 2022

본 논문은 시각장애인의 대중교통, 특히 버스 이용을 보조하기 위한 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 시각장애인의 대다수는 버스 이용에 어려움을 겪는데, 기존의 안내시스템과 점자 블록은 큰 도움을 주지 못하는 것으로 드러났다(2017, 장애인실태조사). 본 논문에서는 시각장애인의 버스 접근성과 이동성 향상을 위해, 다음과 같은 세 가지 기능을 갖춘 시스템을 개발한다: (1)스마트 폰 애플리케이션을 이용한 승차 예약 기능, (2)버스 도착 알림 기능, (3)Beacon을 이용한 무선 하차 벨 기능. 데모환경을 구축한 후 진행한 다양한 실험을 통하여 버스 예약, 탑승, 하차가 원활히 이루어질 수 있음을 확인하였다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.233-240
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• 2023

Nutrition information about food is written on the label paper, which is very inconvenient for visually impaired people to recognize. In order to solve the inconvenience of visually impaired people with nutritional information recognition, this paper proposes a product nutrition information guide system for visually impaired people. In the proposed system, user's image data input through UI, and object recognition is carried out through YOLO v5. The proposed system is a system that provides voice guidance on the names and nutrition information of recognized products. This paper constructs a new dataset that augments the 319 classes of canned/late-night snack product image data using rotate matrix techniques, pepper noise, and salt noise techniques. The proposed system compared and analyzed the performance of YOLO v5n, YOLO v5m, and YOLO v5l models through hyperparameter tuning and learned the dataset built with YOLO v5n models. This paper compares and analyzes the performance of the proposed system with that of previous studies.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.63-70
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• 2012

오늘날 스마트폰 시장이 폭발적으로 성장함에 따라 일반인과 시각 장애인의 스마트폰 사용에 차이가 발생하여 정보 활용 격차가 날로 심화되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 시각 장애인의 일반인과의 정보 활용 격차를 줄이기 위해 시각 장애인만을 대상으로 한 저렴한 가격의 요철 필름을 사용한 점자를 기반으로 문자 및 숫자 입력 시스템을 제안한다. 제안된 시스템은 점자의 모양을 기반으로 애플의 iOS 상에 요철 필름과 레이아웃을 설계하여 그 레이아웃에 따라 점자 및 숫자 키보드를 설계하였고, 부가적으로 전화, 문자, 단축 다이얼, 응급 구조를 위한 위치전송 기능을 설계하였다. 점자 키보드를 이용하여 입력한 문자는 자동으로 클립보드로 복사되며 다른 응용에서도 이용할 수 있게 하여 시각 장애인이 스마트폰을 편리하게 사용할 수 있도록 구현 하였다.

• 한국임상약학회지
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• 제31권4호
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• pp.311-323
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• 2021

Objective: The disabled are in a blind spot for obtaining information on drugs, and the pharmacies' counseling on drug use is centered on non-disabled people. Few studies have investigated the current statuses of drug use by type of disability. The purpose of this study is to understand the drug use by type of disability and by life cycle of visually impaired and hearing impaired in Korea. Methods: The study participants consisted of 16 people with visually impairments, 12 people with hearing impairments. One in-depth interview was conducted per participant, and each interview was recorded and documented. Results: Common barriers against safe medication and medical service uses across disability types are 'lack of consideration and service for the disabled, limited access to medical facilities due to disability, limited access to information regarding medication use, psychological anxiety about drug use and side effects, and inconvenience regarding COVID-19 epidemic. The specific factors were 'difficulties in identifying proper medicines and following prescribed dosages' in the case of visually impaired, and 'problems with sign language interpretation system' for the hearing impaired. Conclusion: Disabled people are hindered from using medicines properly due to various factors. Based on the content derived from this study, it is necessary to eliminate the inhibition factors and devise specific measures for the safety of each type of disorder such as developing a method for medication counseling considering disabilities and establishing communication support systems.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2019

Hearing impaired people are living in a voice culture area, but due to the difficulty of communicating with normal people using sign language, many people experience discomfort in daily life and social life and various disadvantages unlike their desires. Therefore, in this paper, we study a sign language translation system for communication between a normal person and a hearing impaired person using sign language and implement a prototype system for this. Previous studies on sign language translation systems for communication between normal people and hearing impaired people using sign language are classified into two types using video image system and shape input device. However, existing sign language translation systems have some problems that they do not recognize various sign language expressions of sign language users and require special devices. In this paper, we use machine learning method of artificial neural network to recognize various sign language expressions of sign language users. By using generalized smart phone and various video equipment for sign language image recognition, we intend to improve the usability of sign language translation system.

• 기본간호학회지
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.129-139
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• 2006

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of knowledge on 5 diseases between persons in hearing impaired and normal hearing groups. Method: The participants consisted of 44 people who are hearing impaired and 47 who are not. An instrument developed by the research team was used for data collection. The questionnaire consisted of 90 items including demographics and items on 5 diseases, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, pulmonary tuberculosis, and hepatitis. Results: The level of knowledge on the 5 diseases, hypertension, cancer, diabetes, pulmonary tuberculosis, and hepatitis in normal hearing group was significantly higher than hearing impaired group. Conclusion: More attention and comprehensive educational programs are needed for people with hearing impairment.