Project Details
Investigating the Safety of Commercial Vehicle Operation by Deaf and Hard of Hearing Drivers
Principal Investigators:
Brenda Lantz
Start Date:
September 2021
End Date:
March 2023
Status:
Completed
Keywords:
commercial vehicles, deaf persons, drivers, hearing impaired persons, safety, traffic crashes
Abstract
In conjunction with toXcel, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI), and subject matter experts in American Sign Language linguistics and audiology, this project studied the safety of deaf and hard of hearing commercial vehicle drivers and identified and refined procedures that helped train these drivers safely and effectively.
For more information about this project, please email Brenda Lantz (brenda.lantz@ndsu.edu).