Let me emphasize that the deaf and hearingimpaired population is only one of a number of groups that will benefit from this legislation. The potential audience for captioning also includes individuals seeking to acquire or Improve literacy skills. Including 24 to 27 million functionally illiterate adults. 3 to 4 million immigrants learning English as a second language. and 18 million children in grades kindergarten through 3. learning to read. A significant portion of this audience presently fails to benefit from captioned television because of the cost of purchasing a decoder and the perceived stigma attached to its purchase and use. These problems are particularly acute for the nearly 40 percent of Americas elderly with moderate or severe hearing loss.
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