Abstract:Educational rights and other rights enumerated in federal law support deaf and hard of hearing (DHH) viewers’ access to captions in visual electronic media, yet uncaptioned and inadequately captioned media still exist. To determine what is satisfactory in captioned media and what could be improved to ensure access, data were gathered from focus group discussions with 20 DHH students who shared their perspectives on captions. The focus group analysis indicates that major topics of concern for DHH viewers include advocacy for captions and caption formatting preferences; the need for direct access to real-time videos, online videos, and other media; how captions influence and benefit DHH and hearing viewers; and captions’ importance in public, educational, and other social/cultural spaces. The author concludes that DHH viewers’ perspectives can help educators and advocates strengthen access to captions in education and society.

中文翻译：

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聋人的观点和字幕的听力障碍者。

摘要：联邦法律中列举的教育权和其他权利支持聋哑人和听障观众观看视觉电子媒体中的字幕，但仍存在未字幕和字幕不足的媒体。为了确定字幕媒体的满意程度以及可以改进的方法以确保获得字幕，从与20名DHH学生进行焦点小组讨论的数据中收集了他们对字幕的看法。焦点小组分析表明，DHH观众关注的主要主题包括对字幕的倡导和字幕格式设置偏好。直接访问实时视频，在线视频和其他媒体的需求；字幕如何影响和受益于DHH和听众；以及字幕在公共，教育和其他社会/文化空间中的重要性。