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)

This article summarizes an extensive research project on the closed-captioning of 205 television programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Among findings were average caption speed was 141 words per minute; percentage of script edited out ranged from zero to 19; and a total of 16,102 unique words was used. (DB)

Considered are limits of accuracy in the frequent administration of standardized achievement tests for deaf students. (Author/CL)

Some statistics are presented concerning age of onset, cause, and additional handicaps from a nationwide sample (1972-73) of 43,946 hearing impaired students enrolled in 712 special education programs. (Author/LS)

Results of a survey completed by 2,232 hearing impaired persons using closed captioned TV systems indicated that most viewers are satisfied with the captions and with the close captioned programs which dominate their viewing time. News and movies were most frequently mentioned for programs which should be captioned. (CL)

The paper discusses some problems in using achievement tests with hearing impaired students and offers some general suggestions for school testing programs. (PHR)