Have you ever wondered why those pesky words pop up on your television screen sometimes? These words are the product of countless attempts of equaling the playing field of our society. The words you see are called, “Closed Captioning”. These words allow the hearing impaired to watch television just like we do, in the hearing world. I will try to give you a basic background of this technological breakthrough. In 1972 the first captioned broadcast was, “…showed first 75 words of 926 total…

…showed last 75 words of 926 total…the future the deaf community will be on equal ground in our society. Closed Captioning can be one of the equalizers, but until broadcasters take the initiative to caption and spend the extra money, television will be a lost world for the deaf. Is it fair that the deaf community is left out of television bliss? No! The deaf community has just as much right to watch television as we do in the hearing world.