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A Study on Subtitles Preferred by Hearing-impaired College Students

청각장애 대학생이 선호하는 자막에 관한 연구

  • 조병모 (한경국립대학교 의료재활공학전공)
  • Received : 2024.08.01
  • Accepted : 2024.11.05
  • Published : 2024.11.30

Abstract

My study aimed to investigate the current status of learning support for hearing-impaired college students, as well as their preferences and satisfaction regarding subtitles and professional shorthand learning support. Hearing-impaired individuals communicate using sign language, written language, and spoken language. Closed captioning services for the hearing-impaired have expanded as social awareness of protecting the right to information access for people with disabilities has increased. This study was conducted with 22 hearing-impaired college students who fully responded to the survey items out of a total of 30 participants. Analysis of the style and position of television subtitles by gender revealed a preference for subtitles to be located at the bottom center of the screen. Regarding professional shorthand learning support, 77.3% of respondents indicated that their subtitle preference was independent of the number of subtitle lines. Satisfaction with professional shorthand learning support services by gender was found to be 4.14±0.44, with female students showing higher satisfaction than male students. These results suggest that offering various subtitle options and providing customizable features for subtitle types and positions are essential for improving the learning environment for hearing-impaired college students.

본 연구는 청각장애 대학생의 학습 지원 현황과 청각장애 대학생이 선호하는 자막 및 전문 속기 학습 지원에 대한 만족도를 조사하고자 하였다. 청각장애인은 수어, 문자 언어, 구어를 사용하여 의사소통을 한다. 청각장애인을 위한 폐쇄 자막 서비스는 장애인의 정보 접근권 보호에 대한 사회적 관심이 증가함에 따라 확산되었다. 청각장애 대학생 총 30 명 중 설문 항목에 모두 답변한 22명을 대상으로 연구를 진행하였다. 성별에 따른 텔레비전 자막의 형태와 위치를 분석한 결과, 자막이 화면 하단 중앙에 위치하는 것을 선호하는 것으로 나타났다. 전문 속기 학습 지원 시, 77.3%가 자막의 줄 수와 상관없이 자막을 선호한다고 응답하였다. 성별에 따른 전문 속기 학습 지원 서비스에 대한 만족도는 4.14±0.44로 나타났으며, 여학생이 남학생보다 더 높은 만족도를 보였다. 이러한 결과는 청각장애 대학생의 학습 환경을 개선하기 위해 다양한 자막 옵션을 제공하고 자막의 종류와 위치를 개별적으로 조정할 수 있는 기능이 중요하다는 것을 시사한다.

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