Literature Reviews

Reviewed research papers, articles, and publications relevant to digital accessibility.

• Design and Psychometric Evaluation of an American Sign Language Translation of the System Usability Scale

  Matt Huenerfauth, Kasmira Patel, Larwan Berke (2017) — Proceedings of the 19th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS '17)

  This paper addresses a significant gap in accessibility research methodology: the lack of standardized usability questionnaires available in American Sign Language (ASL) for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing (DHH) participants. The System Usability Scale (SUS…

  • sign language
  • deaf accessibility
  • usability testing
  • survey translation
  • psychometrics
  • American Sign Language
  • research methods
  • inclusive research

• Design and Psychometric Evaluation of American Sign Language Translations of Usability Questionnaires

  Larwan Berke, Matt Huenerfauth, Kasmira Patel (2019) — ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing (TACCESS)

  This paper presents the first formally translated and psychometrically validated American Sign Language (ASL) versions of two widely used usability questionnaires: the System Usability Scale (SUS) and the Net Promoter Score (NPS). Many deaf adults in…

  • American Sign Language
  • deaf and hard of hearing
  • usability questionnaires
  • psychometrics
  • SUS
  • NPS
  • back-translation
  • inclusive research methods
  • instrument translation