Design of a Glove Like Support for the Learning of the Mexican Sign Language

The hearing impairment is the decrease or the loss of the capacity to listen, its causes can be congenital, hereditary, genetic or accidental. The people that live with this condition they face serious problems to unfold in the society, this is due to the difficulties to detect the sound sources, identify a sound, engaging in conversation, among others. One of the techniques that allow break the barrier communication with the people with disabilities impairment is the use of sign language. The which consists in using the hands, making a series of gestures and patterns, the which will make a sign for that can communicate, however, the number of people without disabilities impairment that have knowledge of this means of communication they are few, most of these are family and/or friends of the people with disabilities. In this paper presents a design of a technological prototype that by means of a glove in conjunction with the mobile app allows to translate sign language (in particular, the Mexican sign language), as well as the test and results obtained.