Document Type : Original Articles

Authors

• Salar Faramarzi ¹
• Mohammadreza Moradi ²

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, School of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

² MSc, Department of Psychology and Education of Children with Special Needs, School of Education and Psychology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of this study was comparison of three different methods of presenting TV programs and their impacts on receptive language of deaf people in two stages of consideration in Isfahanian population. (1- Providing program by sign language and lip reading method; presented by a deaf interpreter 2- providing program by lip reading method; presented by a TV broadcaster 3- providing program by combination method; presented by a TV broadcaster and an interpreter). Materials and Methods: An experimental design was used with a post-test control group. Forty eigth deaf subjects were randomly recruited in this sudy. Then, they devided in to 3 groups. To gather the information, validity and reliability receptive language scale was used. The data were analyzed by ANOVA and ANCOVA methods. SPSS, version16, was. Results: Findings revealed that there is a significant difference between the performances of deaf people of all 3 groups in receptive scale of TV programs (P < 0.5). Conclusion: Result showed presenting TV programs with combination method (TV broadcaster and interpreter) had the most effect on receptive language scale of deaf people. Keywords: TV program, Receptive language, Sign language, Deaf people