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The aim of this study is to determine the potential of the IDCS (Sign Language Translation System) developed as a communication environment to support the communication process and academic success. The study was conducted with case study which is one of the qualitative research methods. The study group of the study consists of 11 experts including special education teachers who graduated from hearing impaired teachers, special teachers and sign language interpreters. The system was designed considering the deficiencies in the literature and the development process was carried out. After the necessary arrangements, expert opinions about the system were obtained and the collected data were analyzed. The data were collected under two themes: communication processes and academic achievement. When the findings related to the communication processes are analyzed, it is thought that the IDCS has the potential to increase communication performance and socialization mostly. However, it has been said that IDCS has the potential to learn sign language at starter level and increase vocabulary by participants. The effect of IDCS on course work processes is another finding. It has been found that IDCS has the potential to increase communication performance, socialization, vocabulary, academic achievement, sign language learning and interest in sign language learning. It is also among the results that laziness in hearing ability can lead to abstraction.

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