Hearing-impaired Students Research Articles

The Relationship between Emotional Intelligence and the Academic Achievements of Hearing Impaired Students in Higher Education in Thailand

The research aims to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and the academic achievements of students with hearing impairments (deaf) in Thai and English and a computer course in higher education in Thailand. The population size consisted of 207 students, of which 56.04% were female and 43.96% male. Their average age was 20.33 years old (SD = 0.49). The study found that women have higher emotional intelligence than men, except for self-esteem and life satisfaction. Also, the study revealed that the Pearson correlation coefficients between gender and age are negatively correlated for the academic achievements in the classes for Thai, English and the computer course. However, there appears to be a positive relationship between hearing achievements and those Thai and English courses. Furthermore, regarding the path diagram, the variables self-motivation, life satisfaction and self-esteem contribute positively to academic achievements; however, the variables relationship, happiness and self-control negatively impact academic achievements.

The Effects of Musical Experience and Hearing Loss on Solving an Audio-Based Gaming Task

We conducted an experiment using a purposefully designed audio-based game called the Music Puzzle with Japanese university students with different levels of hearing acuity and experience with music in order to determine the effects of these factors on solving such games. A group of hearing-impaired students (n = 12) was compared with two hearing control groups with the additional characteristic of having high (n = 12) or low (n = 12) engagement in musical activities. The game was played with three sound sets or modes; speech, music, and a mix of the two. The results showed that people with hearing loss had longer processing times for sounds when playing the game. Solving the game task in the speech mode was found particularly difficult for the group with hearing loss, and while they found the game difficult in general, they expressed a fondness for the game and a preference for music. Participants with less musical experience showed difficulties in playing the game with musical material. We were able to explain the impacts of hearing acuity and musical experience; furthermore, we can promote this kind of tool as a viable way to train hearing by focused listening to sound, particularly with music.

A Study on the Relationship between Personality Education and Career Education for the Hearing Impaired Students with Inclusive Education Environment

A Study on the Relationship between Personality Education and Career Education for the Hearing Impaired Students with Inclusive Education Environment

The influence of Pilates exercises on body balance in the standing position of hearing impaired people

Purpose: Hearing impairment may affect the body posture maintenance. The aim of the study was to evaluate the effect of modified Pilates exercise program on the body posture maintenance in hearing impaired people.Methods: Eighty students (aged 13–24) were enrolled and randomly allocated into two groups: test group (n = 41) which attended an original program based on modified Pilates exercises and control group (n = 39) which attended standard physical education classes. Stabilographic tests were conducted at baseline and after 6-week training program.Results: Both groups showed improved control of body balance in a standing position manifested in reductions of the length of path, surface area, and speed of deflection. Modified Pilates program was significantly more effective in improving body balance control in relaxed posture and with feet together than standard physical education classes. The greater efficiency of the modified Pilates program was expressed in a significant improvement in balance control parameters, i.e., path length, surface area, and speed of deflection.Conclusions: The modified Pilates program was more effective in improving body balance control in the hearing impaired people than standard physical education classes. Modification of physical activity recommendations for hearing impaired students may be considered; however, further research is required.Implications for RehabilitationHearing impairment impacts the mental, social and, physical spheres of life as well as deteriorates equivalent reactions and the way body posture is maintained.In hearing impaired people, control of body balance and muscle coordination is often disturbed, thus more attention should be paid to exercises associated with balance which may improve the ability to learn and develop motor skills.Modified Pilates program was significantly more effective in improving body balance control than standard physical education classes in hearing impaired people.

Acquaintance with profession: Using internship as a tool for

Vocational education is an important stage of one’s educational process and this multi-layered process prepares an individual to his/her future profession. It is underlined that in this process, a hearing-impaired individual has problems to plan and manage his/her career, due to many reasons, like; communication difficulties in workplaces and lack of recognition about hearing-impaired as a category of disability in work environments. Internship is one of the important opportunities to acquainted with profession and its effective use in vocational education of hearing-impaired students is significant. In this study, internship is handled as an integrated process which covers before, during, and after activities as a whole. The research aims at effective use of internship in familiarizing process of hearing-impaired senior students of Anadolu University, School for the Handicapped (SFH) with work places. The research was conducted as action research. For efficient use of internship process in SFH, some steps were defined targeting before, during and after periods of internship and various sub-activities were planned and applied for strengthening each step and for effective contribution of internship experience to vocational education. The research indicated that through the activities, performed in internship process, hearing-impaired students improved their career perceptions and they had attempt to recognise work environments. The research results are expected to provide a new perspective to teachers of hearing-impaired students and consultants, who is working for the formation of vocational education programs of hearing-impaired. And also it is thought that the results will provide huge motivation to hearing-impaired students in familiarizing process with profession. Keywords: Hearing Impaired, action research, vocational education, special education, career planning.

واقع استخدام الطلاب ذوی الإعاقة السمعیة للتقنیات التعلیمیة فی ضوء بعض المتغیرات فی مرحلة التعلیم العالی The reality of the use of the deaf and hard of hearing students of Instructional technology In light of some of the variables in higher education

هدفت الدراسة إلى التعرف على واقع استخدام الطلاب ذوي الإعاقة السمعية التقنيات التعليمية بقسم التربية الخاصة جامعة الملک سعود، والمعوقات التي يمکن أن تقلل ذلک الاستخدام، وتکونت عينة الدراسة من (40) طالب أصم وضعيف سمع، منهم (16) أصم و(24) ضعيف سمع، وطبق على العينة مقياس واقع استخدام التقنية التعليمية ( إعداد الباحث)، وتوصلت الدراسة في نتائجها إلى ما يلي: 1- أن استخدام التقنية في مجال التعليم جاء بشکل متوسط. 2- من أهم المعوقات التي يمکن أن تحول أو تقلل من استخدام تلک البرامج هو ضعف مستوى اللغة العربية في القراءة والکتابة لدى الطلاب المعاقين سمعيا مما يحد من الاستفادة من خدمات الأنترنت و الأجهزة المتوفرة في مختبر الحاسوب لا تتناسب وأعداد الطلبة. 3- عدم وجود فروق دالة -إحصائيا بين متوسطات رتب درجات الطلاب ذوي الإعاقة السمعية على مقياس واقع استخدام التقنية التعليمية في بعد استخدام التقنية التعليمية وفقا لمتغير المستوى الدراسي، ودرجة الفقدان السمعي ( صمم – ضعف سمعي )، وطرق التواصل، والمعدل الدراسي . 4- عدم وجود فروق دالة إحصائيا بين متوسطات رتب درجات الطلاب ذوي الإعاقة السمعية على بعد معوقات استخدام التقنية التعليمية (الأبعاد الفرعية) تعزى لمتغير المستوى الدراسي، ودرجة الفقدان السمعي ( صمم – ضعف سمعي )، وطرق التواصل، والمعدل الدراسي . The study aimed to identify extent of use of Hearing Impairment students of educational technology in department of Special Education, Higher Education , and obstacles that can reduce or prevent such use. The study sample consisted of 40 deaf and hard hearing students, of whom (16) deaf and (24) hard hearing students, and was applied to sample a measurement of reality of use of educational technology and its obstacles (prepared by researcher), and study found following results: 1- The use of technology in education field was simple. 2- There is no statistically significant differences between mean ranks degrees of deaf and hard of hearing students on reality of use of educational technology scale after use of educational technology, the study variables attributed to academic level, and degree of auditory loss (deafness - AUDIO) weakness, methods of communication and rate at school. 3- There is no statistically significant differences between mean ranks of degrees of Hearing Impairment students after obstacles of use of educational technology (Sub aspects) on variables of study due to level of school, and degree of auditory loss (deafness - AUDIO) weakness, and methods of communication, and rate at school.

Increasing Academic Performance of Deaf Students at Alpha University: A Case Study

In partial fulfillment of the requirements for OPWL529-Needs Assessment in the Boise State University master of science degree in Organizational Performance and Workplace Learning, a team of the first four authors completed a needs assessment focusing on learning accomplishments of hearing impaired students at Alpha University. This case study report describes the needs assessment process and results.

Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Before and After Dental Health Education among Hearing and Speech Impaired Children

Objective: To evaluate the level of dental health awareness, existing status of dental hygiene and extent of compliance to basic dental health education in hearing and speech impaired children. Setting: Govt. higher secondary school of special education for hearing impaired, Faisalabad, where around 300 hearing and speech impaired students from play-group to intermediate are under educational program. Age group: 7-11 years. Sample Size: Total 90 children had mixed dentition stage and were selected because this group is most vulnerable to poor dental health. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Duration: April-May 2015. Sampling technique: Non-Probability convenient sampling. Methodology: Under the supervision of their parents and teachers, using their sign language to communicate, the children were assessed for their knowledge about dental health through a pretested and close ended questionnaire and their prevailing oral hygiene status especially their gingival health was examined visually. Any sign of gingival inflammation with glazing, redness, edema and/or hypertrophy was marked as gingivitis. Followed by a session of basic dental health education, which was delivered to these differently-abled (deaf) children through specially designed presentations with maximum picture and video messages, which were easy for them to understand. After 45 days, re-examination was done to find out the percentage improvement in their gingival health. Results: Of the total 90 children, 66 of them had never visited a dentist for a routine dental check-up. Yet 47 of them had a good knowledge that dental brushing prevented tooth decay, but only 25 children knew that sweets causes dental decay and only 18 were aware that fizzy drinks adversely affects the teeth. On oral examination, 61.11% of these children were found to have compromised gingival health status; gingivitis. When after they were given basic dental health education and examined again on 45th day, number of children having gingivitis dropped to only 28.88%, indicating that 32.22% of these hearing and speech impaired children having poor gingival health previously, showed up improvements. Conclusion: Comprehensive oral health awareness education to these children can largely bring a change in their knowledge, attitudes and practices in maintaining dental health.

Writing Skills of Hearing-Impaired Students Who Benefit from Support Services at Public Schools in Turkey

Support services provide an essential role for hearing-impaired students attending public schools, in terms ofimproving their language and academic skills. In this study, the writing skills of hearing-impaired students enrolled inpublic schools were evaluated, and the relationship between the writing scores, audiological variables and educationalvariables were examined. Seventeen students, who were enrolled in in the primary and middle school classes of publicschools and benefited from the support services, participated in this study. The results of the study indicated that themean writing score of the students was 68.35 out of 100. It was determined that there is a relationship between the ageof first hearing aid and the duration of preschool education. According to the results of the study, it can be stated thathearing-impaired students enrolled in public schools benefit from the support services designed according to theirindividual needs, along with early exposition to implant and early inclusion in education.

Аннотация и список ключевых слов к научной статье. Методические рекомендации по выполнению самостоятельной работы для слабослышащих и глухих студентов (на примере философии)

Аннотация и список ключевых слов к научной статье. Методические рекомендации по выполнению самостоятельной работы для слабослышащих и глухих студентов (на примере философии)

Emotional Intelligence Levels of Students with Sensory Impairment

This study aimed at revealing the emotional intelligence levels of students with sensory disability in Amman in Jordan. The participants of the study were 200 students; 140 hearing impaired students and 60 visual impaired students enrolled in the special education schools and centers for the academic year 2016-2017. The study adopted the descriptive Approach. To achieve the goals of the study, the researchers prepared an emotional intelligence scale consisted of 30 items distributed into four fields: emotional knowledge, emotion regulation, empathy, and social efficiency. The scale’s reliability and validity were verified. Results showed that the total degree of the emotional intelligence of the students with hearing impairment was low and it was moderate for the students with visual impairment. Additionally, results revealed statistical significant differences between the students with hearing impairment and students with visual impairment in all the fields in favor of the students with visual impairment.The study confirmed the necessity to encourage people with sensory disabilities to take part in well-prepared activities and programs that allow them to express their emotions freely as drawing, acting, music and others to develop their emotional intelligence.

Constructivism perspective on multimedia games for hearing impaired children

The objectives of this research include: to ensure that the development of multimedia games according to Constructivism for hearing impaired children meets the standard criteria 90/90,to encourage a comparison between recall and retention of multimedia games before and after use, and to study the attitudes of hearing impaired students toward multimedia games activities. The sampling group was seven Prathom suksa I students. The instruments were multimedia games; an achievement test; and a questionnaire for students’ opinions toward the developed multimedia games. Statistical procedures for data analysis included the E1/E2, mean, standard deviation, and t-test for dependence samples. The results reveal that the multimedia games had the efficiency at the 92.00/ 90.83 efficiency criteria, while the students’ learning achievement had higher posttest than that of the pretest with a significant difference at the 0.01 level. The students’ satisfaction in learning with the multimedia games gained the average of 4.47, which was on the high level. Keywords: Constructivism theory, multimedia games, sign language for hearing impaired children.

Dental Caries Prevalence and Severity among Deaf and Hearing Impaired Male Students in Eastern Saudi Arabia

Dental Caries Prevalence and Severity among Deaf and Hearing Impaired Male Students in Eastern Saudi Arabia

الاحتیاجات الَّتدریبیة لتنمیة مهارات الاستشارة والعمل الجماعی لدى مُعلمی الصُّم وضِعَاف السَّمع فی برامج الدَّمج Training needs for the development of counseling and collaboration skills of deaf and hard of hearing teachers in integration programs

هدفت الدراسة الحالية إلى التعرف على أکثر الاحتياجات التدريبية أهمية لتنمية مهارات الاستشارة والعمل الجماعي لدى معلمي الصم وضعاف السمع في برامج الدمج بمدينة الرياض، بالإضافة إلى التعرف على درجة اختلاف تلک الاحتياجات لدى العينة وفقا لمتغيرات (الجنس، المؤهل العلمي، المرحلة التعليمية، سنوات الخبرة، الدورات التدريبية)، وتکونت عينة الدراسة من (100) معلم ومعلمة ممن يعملون في برامج دمج الصم وضعاف السمع بمدارس التعليم العام بمدينة الرياض، ممن تم اختيارهم بطريقة عشوائية، وقد طبق على العينة استبانة صممتها الباحثتان خصيصا لتحديد تلک الاحتياجات، وقد استخدمت الباحثتان المنهج الوصفي لملاءمته لأهداف الدراسة، وتوصلت الدراسة في نتائجها إلى أن أکثر العبارات التي حصلت على درجة احتياج کبيرة في محور الاستشارة کانت: «التعرف على طبيعة العلاقة بين الاستشارة والعمل الجماعي في مجال التربية الخاصة»، بينما کانت أکثر العبارات التي حصلت على درجة احتياج کبيرة في محور العمل الجماعي هي العبارة: «معرفة مفهوم العمل الجماعي في برامج دمج الصم وضعاف السمع»، کما أظهرت الدراسة عدم وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في آراء أفراد العينة باختلاف الجنس، والمرحلة التعليمية، وسنوات الخبرة، بينما أظهرت وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في آراء أفراد العينة باختلاف المؤهل العلمي لصالح أصحاب مؤهل ماجستير التربية الخاصة، بالإضافة إلى وجود فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية في آراء العينة باختلاف الدورات التدريبية لصالح من يملکون دورات تدريبية في مجال الاستشارة والعمل الجماعي، وقد انتهت الدراسة بمجموعة من التوصيات. The present study aimed at identifying the most important training needs for the development of counseling and teamwork skills of teachers for deaf and hearing-impaired students in the integration programs in Riyadh, in addition to identifying the degree of variation of these needs among the sample according to the variables (gender, scientific qualification, educational level, years of experience, training courses). The study sample consisted of (100) female and male teachers working in the integration programs for deaf and hearing impaired students in Riyadh, who were randomly chosen. A questionnaire was designed specifically to identify these needs. Both researchers used descriptive approach for its relevance to the study objectives. The study concluded that the most important phrase that obtained a big degree of need in the counseling axis was “Identifying the relationship between counseling and teamwork in special education field”, while the most widely used phrase in the teamwork axis was Knowing the concept of teamwork in integration programs of deaf and hearing-impaired students”. The study also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in the opinions of the sample according to gender, educational level, and years of experience, while there were statistically significant differences in the opinions of the sample according to the scientific qualification in favor of holders of the special education qualification, in addition to the existence of statistically significant differences in the sample opinions according to the training courses for those who have training courses in the field of counseling and teamwork. The study has ended with a set of recommendations.

レーザーショーデバイスを用いた聴覚障害者向けの校外学習の方法とその評価( 学習場面における他者との関わり-理論,実践,システム開発)

レーザーショーデバイスを用いた聴覚障害者向けの校外学習の方法とその評価( 学習場面における他者との関わり-理論,実践,システム開発)

Contemporary trends in designing and using computer technologies in special education

This article examines the current trends in the development and use of computer technology in special education, as well as provides the basic characteristics of the classification of TME. Technical meansoccupy a special positionin the system of education, as their use increases the effectiveness of education. The article states that teaching geography is impossible without the use of visual aids, as most of the objects and natural phenomena presented in the school course can not be observed in nature, and, in this sense, the study of geography requires students to have an advanced imagination and distraction techniques . The use of computer technologies in teaching geography to children with hearing impairment is difficult due to the lack of specially designed electronic aids, particularly taking into account the age and mental development of children in this category and guidelines for working with modern technical means of education. Using TME in a special (remedial) school is of great importance for the overall development of students with reduced motivation to learn. It should be noted that, over time, a number of technical means of educationin special remedial schools is becoming less relevantand is being replaced by modern technical devices, computer technology, for which the methods of operation are not well developedat the moment. The use of technical means opens up new opportunities for extra-curricular and leisure activities of environmental study nature with hearing-impaired students. The intensive nature of introducing computer technology in the educational process of remedial schools and the lack of special modern technical means of teaching geography to children with hearing impairmentare indicative of the need to establish the scientific concept of developing methodological support of technical means of education. The authors highlight the significant role of TME in the formation of knowledge on geographic objects and phenomena in students with hearing impairment.

A Review of inclusive education for hearing impaired students in Korea: Related to Cochlear implantation

A Review of inclusive education for hearing impaired students in Korea: Related to Cochlear implantation

متطلبات دمج الطلبة ذوی الإعاقة السمعیة بالتعلیم العالی من وجهة نظر الخبراء والعاملین بمنطقة تبوک The requirements for the integration Hearing Impaired Students to the higher education from the point of view of the experts and practitioners Tabuk Region

تهدف الدراسة الى دراسة متطلبات دمج الطلبة ذوي الإعاقة السمعية بالتعليم العالي بمنطقة تبوک من وجهة نظر الخبراء والعاملين. تکونت عينة الدراسة من (50) مفحوصا من أعضاء هيئة التدريس بقسم التربية الخاصة بجامعة تبوک ومعلمي ذوي الإعاقة السمعية والعاملين بمدارس تعليم ذوي الإعاقة السمعية تم اختيارهم بالطريقة العشوائية البسيطة. تمثلت أداة الدراسة في استبانة متطلبات دمج الطلبة ذوي الإعاقة السمعية بالتعليم العالمي من إعداد الباحث، توصلت نتائج الدراسة الي:إن متطلبات لدمج الطلبة ذوي الإعاقة السمعية في مؤسسات التعليم العالي من وجهة نظر الخبراء والعاملين بمنطقة تبوک تمثلت في: متطلبات خاصة بإعداد وتهيئة البيئة الجامعية ومتطلبات خاصة بأدوار مدارس ذوي الإعاقة السمعية ومتطلبات خاصة بحفظ حقوقهم بالجامعة.وانه لا توجد فروق في متطلبات دمج الطلاب ذوي الإعاقة السمعية التي تعزى الى (النوع- نوع العمل في التربية الخاصة-المؤهل العلمي- سنوات الخبرة).في ختام الدراسة تم تقديم بعض التوصيات بناءا على نتائج الدراسة. The study aims to study the requirements of integrating Hearing Impaired Students in High Education in Tabuk from expert's perspective. The sample of the study was (50) participants selected from teaching staff of Special Education Department, Tabuk University and Hearing Impaired Schools teachers in Tabuk, following Simple Random Sampling.The tool of the study was Hearing Impaired Students Integration questionnaire designed by the researcher. The results of the study were: Hearing Impaired Students integration in high education institutes requirements from the perspective of experts: University environment requirements, Hearing Impaired Students schools role and Hearing Impaired Students' rights preserve, at university. No Hearing Impaired Students integration variables related to (gender, work in special education field, qualification and experience). Finally, some recommendations were introduced according to the results of the study.

Assessment of auralizations of monosyllabic words for hearing impaired students

This paper discusses results of a research project, which seeks to develop Turkish speech recognition tests by auralizations for hearing impaired students based on monosyllabically structured words. In the context of this study, two sets of 25-items phonetically balanced monosyllabic Turkish words were recorded in the anechoic chamber of TUBITAK National Metrology Institute in Gebze, Turkey. Each monosyllabic word was recorded through a carrier sentence. After the vocal quality, accent and pronunciation in the recordings were approved by qualified audiologists, auralizations of the recorded sentences were developed in an acoustic simulation software (ODEON v12). Listening tests developed from auralizations in three classroom models with varying reverberation times and signal to noise ratios were presented to ten hearing impaired students. The preliminary results of these listening tests are presented and discussed in this study. This paper also aims to compare the results of listening tests with hearing impaired students with the listening tests made previously with normal hearing students.

The identifying of depression’ risk in students with impaired hearing and vision

IntroductionThe depressive states in adolescents have their specificity: they are often poorly understood by the children themselves as reduced mood and can be expressed in the growth of aggressive behaviour, stubbornness, oppositional behavior, care. Even the pre-clinical level of depression can have a significant negative impact on the lives of adolescents.MaterialsOne hundred and seventy-three visually and 139 hearing impaired students of correctional boarding schools, 7–18 years old.MethodsChildren's Depression Inventory (CDI) M. Kovacs, statistical (nonparametric test Mann–Whitney).ResultsAt 20.8% the increased and at 3.1% the high risk of depression was identified. For students with visual impairments often were characterized by significantly higher scores on a scale of “anhedonia” and “incompetence”. The girls revealed significantly higher scores for total scale depression, the scale “negative mood”, “interpersonal problems” and “negative self-esteem”.A comparative analysis of data, obtained by different researchers was held. There were no literature sources, which would have provided data about the level of depression of children with sensory impairments.ConclusionsChildren with sensory impairments have a greater risk of developing depression in comparison with pupils of general education schools. Therefore, a screening of children in this category on the level of depression should be obligatory in addition to clinical examination. The detected data must be taken into account in psychotherapeutic and preventive measures.Disclosure of interestThe authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.