Prospective Study of Communication and Information Technologies for the Deaf

Abstract

This article presents a prospective study of Information Technologies and Communication for Deaf people. Aims to carry out a technological investigation of patents filed in Questel Orbit, to identify the Accessible Information and Communication Technologies developed for Deaf people. The methodological path in this research is a systematic review, exploratory, and prospective study of technologies. So, we identified ninety-two documents filed in the Orbit patent database. This prospective study showed a progressive growth of papers in the last five years, but discreet regarding developed Deaf technologies' registration. It also highlights that China has the highest number of these technologies, while Brazil has only one technology developed.