title: The development and analysis of interactive videodisc technology to teach speechreading.
abstract: Members of the Department of Communication Disorders and Special Education and the Institute for Interactive Technologies at Bloomsburg University developed a computer-based interactive videodisc instructional program to teach speechreading skills. Speechreading Challenges on Videodisc provides users with practice in speechreading words, sentences, and stories presented by over 150 people in a user friendly environment. Unlike traditional videotapes, videodisc technology provides immediate feedback to the user. To determine the program's effectiveness in teaching speechreading, a comprehensive evaluation of the program was undertaken. Seventy-four college students participated in a study using the program to learn speechreading. Results indicated a statistically significant improvement in speechreading ability from pretest to posttest measures on both the videodisc program evaluation as well as on the Costello Test of Speechreading.
authors.affiliation: Education of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Master of Science Program, Bloomsburg University, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Slike
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Thornton
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Hobbis
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kokoska
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Job
mesh_terms: D003638:Deafness; D006801:Humans; D008085:Lipreading; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D013067:Speech Perception; D013663:Teaching; D014743:Videotape Recording