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Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing High School and College Students’ Perceptions of Speech-To-Text and Interpreting/Note Taking Services and Motivation

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In this investigation, one study examined the perceptions and motivation of 55 deaf/hard-of-hearing (DHH) high school students who used the C-Print speech-to-text service as an accommodation in one mainstream course and interpreting and note taking in a second mainstream course. A second study examined the perceptions and motivation of 88 DHH college students who used each service in a different course. Students in the two studies completed a survey that asked separate sets of questions for the speech-to-text and for the interpreting/note taking supported courses. Results indicated that students rated the printed or electronic file text, saved for the purpose of after class study as part of the speech-to-text service, as more helpful than notes from a note taker.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Susan Stinson for data analysis and the participating colleges and school districts for their collaboration.

This research was supported in part by grant H180U960004 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

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    Michael S. Stinson, Lisa B. Elliot & Ronald R. Kelly

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Appendix 1

Appendix 1

Questions Specific to Course with Speech-to-Text (C-Print) Support

TO THE STUDENT:

This questionnaire is not part of your school work. It will not be graded. If you decide you do not want to finish the questionnaire, you can stop at any time. We need your honest answers. Please read each question carefully. Thank you for your help.

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Questions Specific to Course with Interpreting/Note taking Support

NOTICE! THESE QUESTIONS ARE ABOUT A DIFFERENT COURSE.

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Questions Repeated for Each Course

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Stinson, M.S., Elliot, L.B. & Kelly, R.R. Deaf and Hard-Of-Hearing High School and College Students’ Perceptions of Speech-To-Text and Interpreting/Note Taking Services and Motivation. J Dev Phys Disabil 29, 131–152 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10882-017-9534-4

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