Technology Intervention Research With Deaf and Hard of Hearing Learners: Levels of Evidence
American Annals of the Deaf
Beal-Alvarez, J., & Cannon, J. E. (2014).
American Annals of the Deaf, 158(5), 486-505.
This review investigates the use of technology interventions (i.e., instructional strategies, techniques, or activities implemented through multmedia computer applications/software ) on academic outcomes in children and young adults, 3-22 years old, who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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January 2000-August 2013
Experimental group design studies; single-case design studies
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Included studies looked at speech-to-text, sign language materials, computer-based software, or computer-based virtual reality interventions and utilized the technology to improve reading comprehension, lecture comprehension, math comprehension, vocabulary skills, English morphosyntax, thinking skills, writing skills, or speech production. The review "resulted in the compilation of only a few studies that satisfied the proposed quality indicators for individual intervention studies, thereby prohibiting establishment of an evidence-base for any reviewed technology intervention" (p. 502).
