The authors wish to thank Alex Varley of the Australian Caption Centre (now Media Access Australia) for his support; Leonie Jackson of the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children and Maree Madden for their assistance in facilitating communication access for the participants; Chris Mikul, Lydia Venetis, Philip Bilton-Smith and Gordon Dickinson at the Australian Caption Centre (Media Access Australia) for captioning the videotapes used in these studies and for providing instruction for MARCS Auditory Laboratories research assistants; Amanda Reid for reading and editing drafts of the manuscript and assisting with submission details; and all of the participants and their class teachers for their precious time and cooperation.