Abstract
The study sought to examine how young adults who are deaf and hard of hearing feel about the quality and availability of their access to closed-captioned television programs, how their access affects their social relationships concerning media, and compared these results to those from young adults who are hearing. The researcher created a survey with Likert-type, multiple choice, and short answer questions rating the quality and availability of participants’ access to closed-captioning. Results of the study indicated that young adults who are deaf and hard of hearing are fairly content with the quality and availability of closed-captioning, their access to captioning does not have a significant effect on their relationships, and there are no significant differences between young adults who are deaf or hard of hearing, and hearing.
Advisor
Furey, Joan
Department
Communication Studies
Recommended Citation
Heard, Emily M., ""I Did My Job With A Plum": Hearing, Hard of Hearing, and Deaf Young Adults' Perspectives of Their Access to Closed-Captioning" (2014). Senior Independent Study Theses. Paper 6233.
https://openworks.wooster.edu/independentstudy/6233
Disciplines
Communication Sciences and Disorders
Keywords
closed-captioning, deaf, quality, availability, access, young adults
Publication Date
2014
Degree Granted
Bachelor of Arts
Document Type
Senior Independent Study Thesis
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