Robert Adam

Frontiers | Switching cost and cognate facilitation between two signed languages This study investigated language switching and cognate facilitation in deaf bilinguals fluent in two signed languages—Irish Sign Language (ISL) and British S...

Deaf bilinguals show switch costs when switching between two sign languages - this is the first demonstration of unimodal switch costs in deaf bilingual signers by @rejadam.bsky.social & Jill Morford www.frontiersin.org/journals/lan...

Deaf in AI: AI language technologies and the erosion of linguistic rights (forthcoming in Language & Law) arxiv.org/pdf/2505.02519

And besides—what about the pool of human translators, especially deaf translators, who see mediocre AI taking over work they can still do much better?

Why vaccination is important and the safest way to protect yourself Find out how vaccines work, what they contain and the most common side effects.

In my recent paper "DeafinAI", I discussed the slippery slope of language and access rights in the age of AI. What starts as using AI in low-stakes situations can quickly expand into high-stakes areas such as healthcare. That slope seems even slipperier than I thought.
www.nhs.uk/vaccinations...

Reunion: How 'deaf rage' and 70s thrillers inspired William Mager's drama The four-part series tells the story of Daniel Brennan, a deaf man on a journey of revenge.

How 'deaf rage' inspired groundbreaking sign language thriller www.bbc.com/news/article...

Delay in start of sign language GCSE is a 'disgrace' The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS), which has been campaigning for the GCSE for over a decade, says "there's no reason" why the qualification should not be available now.

Some news about the BSL GCSE: news-sky-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/news.sky...

All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot Is screen use really sapping our ability to focus and lowering our IQs? The scientists who have actually analysed the data give their verdict

All in the mind? The surprising truth about brain rot: www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle... how very reassuring *goes back to TikTok*

languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=67399

RIT/NTID’s Certificate in International Sign Interpreting launches Feb 2025! 🌍 Open to Deaf & hearing interpreters.

REMINDER: Applications close 30 Nov 2024!

Learn more: www.rit.edu/ntid/aslie/c...

Thank you dear @hildehaualand.bsky.social for your very warm invitation and welcome!