Showing papers on "Closed captioning published in 1989"

Using closed captioned television to teach reading to adults

Abstract: The use of closed captioned television to teach reading to adults was investigated in this study, using a pre‐experimental design. Of most interest were the effects of the use of closed captioned television as a medium for sight vocabulary development. Also of interest were students’ reactions to using closed television as a means of reading instruction. Results indicated that, overall, students improved significantly on a pre‐post word recognition measure; however, student performance did not differ across treatments. Also, there were no significant differences among groups on measures administered after each lesson. Moreover, the group using closed captioned television, without instruction, did evidence a degree of success in reaching a specific criterion level on weekly sight vocabulary tests. Finally, student attitudes toward closed captioned television were extremely positive, not only toward its use as a means of learning to read, but as a means of increasing general knowledge. This pre‐exp...

Analysis of Demand for Decoders of Television Captioning for Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Children and Adults.

Abstract: This market research report analyzed the published literature, the size of the deaf/severely hard-of-hearing population, factors that affect demand for closed-captioned television decoders, and the Supply of decoders. The analysis found that the number of hearing-impaired people in the United States is between 16 and 21 million; hearing impairment is more prevalent with older and lower income people. TYIl size of the market for decoders is considered to be approximately one million. Sales of decoders, about 208,000 from 1980 through 1983, were affected by the following factors: level of consumer knowledge, reliance on residaal hearing and lipreading, cost, and influence of family members. The report concluded that various actions could influence decoder purchase and possibly expand the market for decoders, such as expanding the knowledge of decoders through a public awareness campaign and having the National Captioning Institute incorporate innovations in decoder technology. Various government agencies are encouraged to undertake additional research on degree of hearing loss and on the use of closed-captioned decoders as instructional tools for the hearing impaired, learning disabled, people with limited English speaking ar;.,11ty, and the adult beginning reader. (JDD) *****************************************************************$***** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ***************************************k*******************************