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NEAR-VERBATIM CAPTIONING VERSUS EDITED CAPTIONING FOR STUDENTS WHO ARE DEAF OR HARD OF HEARING: A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF EFFECTS ON COMPREHENSION

THE STUDY assessed the effects of near-verbatim captioning versus edited captioning on a comprehension task performed by 15 children, ages 7-11 years, who were deaf or hard of hearing. The children's animated television series Arthur was chosen as the content for the study. The re- searchers began the data collection procedure by asking participants to watch videotapes of the program. Researchers signed or spoke (or signed and spoke) 12 comprehension questions from a script to each participant. The sessions were videotaped, and a checklist was used to ensure consistency of the question-asking procedure across participants and sessions. Responses were coded as correct or incorrect, and the ...

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