The press articles about the use of captions in other countries can be found at Boston Globe:

www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/articles/2010/09/19/watch_and_learn/

New York Times:

www.nytimes.com/2001/03/14/nyregion/lessons-there-s-more-to-reading-than-phonics.html?scp=2&sq=Finland%29-3/14/2001&st=cse 

"A 1991 worldwide study of 9-year-olds found that Finnish students read the best.  One reason is that Finland produces few television programs of its own.  Children learn from cartoon subtitles, flashing so quickly that word recognition, not sounding out, is the only way to read."

www.nytimes.com/2004/04/09/world/suutarila-journal-educators-flocking-to-finland-land-of-literate-children.html?scp=1&sq=Finland+-+reading+-+subtitles&st=nyt

"children grow up watching television shows and movies (many in English) with subtitles.  So they read while they watch TV."

Former President Clinton's endorsement of captions can be found on at: www.plantetread.org.   When the first screen comes up, click on the left button to see the video of Clinton remarks.
 

Visit other related websites:

        www.HearingLoss.org

        www.sls4reading.com  Greg McCall

        www.planetread.org  India

        www.readcaptionsacrossamerica.org 

        www.abercap.com  PSA--boy learns to read and write using captions