Caminhos do olhar: a movimentação ocular de espectadores surdos durante a exibição de vídeos legendados

Abstract

This article aims to present the results of an experimental research on the eye movements of deaf spectators and listeners while reading subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH) in a documentary. The study manipulated two independent variables: the speed of the presentation of the subtitles and the linguistic segmentation in the line break. Subtitles were presented well and badly segmented (when segmentation occurred within a phrase) and at speeds of 145 and 180 words per minute (wpm). Sixteen adults participated in the study, from which eight were deaf and eight were hearing. The results suggest that the poorly segmented subtitles led to an eye movement of the participants in which there was a greater number of regressive movements, delays in the first fixation of the subtitles and loss of reading of parts of the subtitles, besides the higher processing cost during reading.