Near-verbatim captioning versus edited captioning for students who are deaf or hard of hearing: A preliminary investigation of effects on comprehension

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 20-28

  Ward, Phillip ^a   Wang, Ye ^b   Paul, Peter ^a   Loeterman, Mardi ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Boston Public Schools   (United States)

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EID: 34447267979     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.2007.0015     Document Type: Article

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