Introduction:Although image description has been identified as an accommodation for presentations conducted in the classroom, only a few U.S. states have approved it for use in high-stakes assessments. This study examined the use of audible image description as an assessment accommodation for students with visual and print disabilities by…

PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN THE COMPREHENSION OF COMPRESSED SPEECH WERE DEFINED. RECORDED AURAL SPEECH WAS PRESENTED AT VARIOUS RATES BY MODIFICATION OF TAPE RECORDING AND PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT. FOUR TRAINING METHODS WERE EVALUATED USING SEVENTH-, EIGHTH-, AND NINTH-GRADE BLIND STUDENTS AS SUBJECTS. SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN TRAINING METHODS WERE NOT…

Guidelines for working with remedial braille readers in the areas of attitude/motivation, mechanical skills, decoding skills, and comprehension are provided. Lists of suggestions are presented in each of the areas. (PHR)

The paper reports the results of preliminary tests of the speechreading ability of a deaf blind adult who uses the Tadoma Method (speechreading based solely on vibrotactile information) for language acquisition and information. (Author/PHR)