How Deaf and Hearing Adolescents Comprehend a Televised Story

Cambra, Cristina; Leal, Aurora; Silvestre, Núria

doi:10.1179/146431510x12626982043606

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“…Based on our results and on the results of previous studies, e.g. [ 12 – 24 ], we recommend establishing an international standard for using captions in sign language interpreter videos in traditional and new media. In this way we could expect even higher improvements in the comprehension rates of deaf and hard of hearing viewers.…”

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“…First of all, several studies have examined the effects of using captions in non-signing content on deaf and hard of hearing viewers’ comprehension. In particular, it was substantiated that accessing information in television programmes and films without captions is difficult for deaf and/or hard of hearing viewers [ 9 – 14 ], whereas the inclusion of captions either improves deaf and/or hard of hearing viewers’ comprehension [ 11 , 15 ] or not [ 12 , 16 ]. Additionally, previous studies also examined the use of different styles of captions [ 17 ] and caption speed [ 18 , 19 ] in television programmes.…”

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A Comparison of Comprehension Processes in Sign Language Interpreter Videos with or without Captions

2015

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One important theme in captioning is whether the implementation of captions in individual sign language interpreter videos can positively affect viewers’ comprehension when compared with sign language interpreter videos without captions. In our study, an experiment was conducted using four video clips with information about everyday events. Fifty-one deaf and hard of hearing sign language users alternately watched the sign language interpreter videos with, and without, captions. Afterwards, they answered ten questions. The results showed that the presence of captions positively affected their rates of comprehension, which increased by 24% among deaf viewers and 42% among hard of hearing viewers. The most obvious differences in comprehension between watching sign language interpreter videos with and without captions were found for the subjects of hiking and culture, where comprehension was higher when captions were used. The results led to suggestions for the consistent use of captions in sign language interpreter videos in various media.

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Section: Conclusion and Recommendationssupporting

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Comparison of Comprehension Processes in Sign Language Interpreter Videos with or without Captions

2015

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“…Several other studies demonstrate the same effect: Video with audio and with captions leads to the highest levels of comprehension, both for D/deaf children and for hearing children (Anderson-Inman et al, 2009;Boyd & Vader, 1972;Cambra, Leal, & Silvestre, 2010;Fischer, 1971;Gulliver & Ghinea, 2003;Hertzog, Stinson, & Keiffer, 1989;Murphy-Berman & Jorgensen, 1980;Murphy-Berman & Whobrey, 1983;Nugent, 1983;Steinfeld, 1998;Yoon & Choi, 2010).…”

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Video Captions Benefit Everyone

Gernsbacher

2015

Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences

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Video captions, also known as same-language subtitles, benefit everyone who watches videos (children, adolescents, college students, and adults). More than 100 empirical studies document that captioning a video improves comprehension of, attention to, and memory for the video. Captions are particularly beneficial for persons watching videos in their non-native language, for children and adults learning to read, and for persons who are D/deaf or hard of hearing. However, despite U.S. laws, which require captioning in most workplace and educational contexts, many video audiences and video creators are naïve about the legal mandate to caption, much less the empirical benefit of captions.

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“…The pedagogical use of captions also has a long history within education and deaf studies that allows us to see beyond their use for entertainment programming. Studies focused on the comprehension ability of deaf children, young adults, and traditional college students revealed that captions did not adequately help with literacy learning, as most participants were not ready for complex captions, emotive captions, and, in general, the speed at which captions appear on the screen (Cambra, Leal, & Silvestre, 2010; Cambra, Silvestre, & Leal, 2009; Linebarger, 2001). Deaf and hard-of-hearing students presented with near-verbatim and edited captions did not report better comprehension of video either (Ward, Wang, Paul, & Loeterman, 2007).…”

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Unheard Complaints: Integrating Captioning Into Business and Professional Communication Presentations

Clegg

2018

Business and Professional Communication Quarterly

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This article explores pedagogical frameworks closely associated with d/Deaf and hard-of-hearing persons from the perspective of a disabled instructor to increase student awareness of the needs of diverse audiences they will encounter in the workforce. The author argues that students and instructors can use captioning theory to strategize one of the harder business communication genres, the presentation, for d/Deaf audiences to make communication more accessible. By raising critical awareness of the limits of technology, current trends in pedagogy, and disability, this article seeks to further the conversation about providing accessibility for disabled users in the classroom.

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How Deaf and Hearing Adolescents Comprehend a Televised Story

Cited by 10 publications

References 18 publications

A Comparison of Comprehension Processes in Sign Language Interpreter Videos with or without Captions

A Comparison of Comprehension Processes in Sign Language Interpreter Videos with or without Captions

Video Captions Benefit Everyone

Unheard Complaints: Integrating Captioning Into Business and Professional Communication Presentations

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