The factors needed for hearing-impaired children to benefit from closed-captioned television

This paper discusses a study to determine whether reading level or age has an effect on understanding of closed-captioned television.

Recognizing emotion in illustrations and photographs: Comparing responses of children who are deaf or hard of hearing with those of children with normal hearing

Recognizing emotions are something children do everyday, whether it is identifying that mom is sad because she lost her job or that a character in a story is mad because no one will listen to him. The purpose of this study is to find out if recognizing emotions is easier to do with realistic photographs or illustrations.