On Readability Formulas: A Critical Analysis for Teachers of the Deaf

This article discusses the limitations of readability formulas, which are often used to guide the development and selection of reading materials for hearing-impaired students. Aspects of the reader-writer-text interaction that make for comprehensible texts, but are not accounted for by readability formulas, are described. Teachers of the deaf are then offered viable alternatives for selecting comprehensible reading materials.