A brief overview of various trends in captioned instructional media is given, focusing on the development of captioned films, the use of captioned television, the availability of nonverbal films, and the state of captioned filmstrips. The appropriateness of these materials for the deaf learner is discussed. (Author)

Describes the usefulness of captioned silent films as natural language contexts in teaching remedial and basic reading. (CMV)

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper describes the seven step process for adding sign language inserts and relates a series of five informal experiments conducted at the Instructional Media Center for the California State University. (PHR)

The use of teacher-made captions or subtitles to accompany slide and film presentations in foreign language classes is discussed. (JB)

Describes a project that developed a list of the most frequently used words in television captions in order to assist teachers in building on the word recognition strength and reading skills of students with deafness. The list contains 250 words and is included. (CR)

This paper describes some educational media technology and other projects related to deafness funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Brief descriptions of federally funded projects working with closed captioning, telephone access, and automatic speech recognition systems are provided. (PB)

Provides a history of the Captioned Films/Videos for the Deaf program and describes the kinds of films and videos available, including feature films and educational materials. Silent films are discussed; captioning processes are described; implications for librarians are discussed; and regional depository libraries for captioned films for the deaf…

This study assessed deaf and hearing students' comprehension of captions with and without visuals/video. Results indicate that reading grade level is highly correlated with caption comprehension test scores. Comprehension of the deaf students was consistently below that of hearing students. The captioned video produced significantly better…

A producer of captioned films for the deaf describes the role of The Public Broadcasting System (PBS) in providing captioned television programming for the hearing impaired. It is explained that PBS has been working on a closed-caption production and transmission system for the hearing impaired. Recounted are Federal Communications Commission…

Because of technical advances and changing attitudes, hearing-impaired persons can now enjoy films and TV programs that their handicap had previously denied them. (Editor)

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper discusses the use of the balloon captioning (expansion of successive portions of a captioned word in synchronization with the audio) of song lyrics for the reinforcement of speech with the deaf. (PHR)

Students of a foreign language can use cartoons to hone their listening and speaking skills, widen their vocabulary, and improve their knowledge of syntax, grammar, and semantics of a language. Activities using cartoons include: (1) gap filling: (2) caption insertion and strip sequencing; (3) caption invention and story writing; (4) comprehension…

Video segments captioned at different speeds were shown to a group of 578 people (ages 8 to 80) who are deaf, hard of hearing, or typically hearing. The most comfortable speed was found to be about 145 words per minute (WPM), close to the 141 WPM mean rate actually found in television programs. (Author/CR)

The directory provides basic information about programs that purchase, finance, or lend devices for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Only devices that make use of senses other than hearing (e.g., telecommunication devices for the deaf (TDD), closed caption television decoders, and flashing signal systems) are covered, and most devices cost less…