Dr. Kushalnagar at the Deaf Health Communication and Quality of Life Research Center received a grant from the National Institute on Aging. With this funding, the Center will conduct innovative cross-cultural translation of patient-reported cognitive abilities and concern scales in ASL and collect primary data from a large sample of deaf older adults who were born deaf or became deaf before 13 years old.

We have collected over 100 deaf adults above age 55 who use ASL for this project. We need 100 more, so if you are interested, please contact us at PROMISASL@gallaudet.edu. Thank you!

 ​Deaf Aging Research Team and Partners

Poorna Kushalnagar, Ph.D. Principal Investigator

Zachary Featherstone, D.O. Project Coordinator

Deborah Nathanson, M.A. Project Staff

Elizabeth Moore, Ph.D. ​Community Partner

Marina Fanshteyn ​Community Partner

Marilyn Smith ​Community Partner

Lawrence Pick, Ph.D. Consultant

David Feldman, Ph.D. ​Consultant

Mary Dall, Community Partner
Gloria Nathanson, Au.D. Community Partner
Franklin Jones, Community PartnerDeaf Seniors of America, Organization Partner

Project Funded by the National Institute on Aging/NIH