DeafEducation

[1] Ann E. Kelley Sobel and Joseph C. Hill. Enhancing the Learning Environment of Deaf Students. ACM SIGCSE 1999. pages 71-72.

[2] Nicoletta Adamo-Villani, Edward Carpenter, Laura Arns. An immersive virtual environment for learning sign language mathematics. ACM SIGGRAPH 2006.

Yoshinori Takeuchi, Yudai Sakashita, Daisuke Wakatsuki, Hiroki Minagawa, Noboru Ohnishi. Communication Supporting System in a Classroom Environment for the Hearing Impaired. ICCHP 2006: 627-634

Comments: Weird techy solution so a silly seating problem. Proposed use in classroom with majority deaf students. In this situation, students would either sit in a circle for best line of sight for all students, or the teacher would simply repeat the question before answering it. These solutions are much more reasonable than a camera that automatically zooms in on a student with a raised hand and displays video on a big screen up front. But, it would be fun to break the system by raising your hand while the teacher is talking or getting everyone to raise hands all at once. :)