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These students have created a pair of gloves so deaf people can communicate with those who don't speak sign language.

The brainchild of inventors Thomas Pryor and Navid Azodi the SignAloud gloves aim to help the deaf community by giving them a way of being heard without changing they way they already speak to each other.

Mr Azodi, a student at University of Washington in the USA, said: "Those who are deaf communicate differently as everyone else.

"They primarily use sign language while the rest of the world communicates verbally.

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"This puts the deaf mute community at a disadvantage because like a foreigner in another country, they can't communicate like everyone else."

Mr Pryor explained the gloves use sensors to pick up movements int he hand and wrist which are then sent via bluetooth to a computer to be translated into words and phrases.

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He said: "Just like that we have translated American sign language into English instantly.

(Image: Lemelson MIT)

"Currently there is no commercial sign language translator on the market.

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"With this invention over 70 million people achieve a new level of independence.

"Seventy million people gain access to a new job and 70 million people secure an improved quality of life, all with the help of a pair of gloves."