Twenty-two college students who were deaf viewed one instructional video with standard captions and a second with expanded captions, in which key terms were expanded in the form of vocabulary definitions, labeled illustrations, or concept maps. The students performed better on a posttest after viewing either type of caption than on a pretest;…

A review of the 1982 Symposium on Research and Utilization of Educational Media for Teaching the Deaf titled "Microcomputers in Education of the Hearing Impaired" is presented. The author recommends that research be coordinated with curriculum efforts. (Author)

The author describes her experiences in producing a videotape program for deaf students. The program uses students' talents and is comprised of four parts: information on some aspect of contemporary living, career interviews with deaf adults, information on leisure activities, and an historical topic. (CL)

The author discusses aspects to be considered by resource room teachers of deaf students to implement media in the classroom. Among topics discussed are student needs, degree of mainstreaming, media equipment and personnel, and preparation and use of materials. (CL)

The authors describe the development and use of the lesson guides prepared to accompany captioned films for the deaf. Six suggestions, including presentation of workshops by media specialists, are made for promoting use of the lesson guides. (CL)

The paper identifies theoretical constructs and shows their application from 1955-1980 in media developments for teaching hearing impaired students. Changes are traced to such events as technological developments, social forces, and the advent of new theories, including behaviorism. (CL)

A media package for group instruction in computer operations for deaf students is described. The package includes slides, captions stored on a filmstrip, and an illustrated workbook. The approach is explained to provide high flexibility at relatively low cost.

The development of a videotape on contraception is described as part of a college level human sexuality course for hearing impaired students. Format and presentation information of the videotape, which uses captions and total communication, is set forth. (CL)

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper describes the efforts of the Caption Center at television station WGBH to caption the television production "The scarlet Letter." Among the challenges for the captioners working on the project were the complex syntax and archaic vocabulary and difficulty in the…

The author suggests ways in which teachers can modify existing media to meet the needs of hearing impaired students in English and science activities. The development of a mediated program using visual stimuli directions is also described. (CL)

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)

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper reports on one computer-based educational application, the PLATO system. The system began in 1960 and changes over the years are described, as well as current capabilities. Potential uses of PLATO with the deaf, blind, and multiply handicapped, using adapted terminals, are…

Originally part of a symposium on educational media for the deaf, the paper reports on the status of the National Media Center for Severely Handicapped Persons. Listed among the six major objectives of the center is the location and retrieval of instructional media materials. (PHR)

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)

A study was conducted comparing three methods that could be used to modify driver simulator films for hearing impaired high school students. A modification using graphics indicating various driving commands with the use of some captioning proved to be the most effective of the methods studied. (Author/DLS)