ABSTRACT

The research topic was on challenges facing the education of the hearing impaired

/earners in schools in Masinga Division. In chapter one, the researcher came up with

the statement of the problem and the objectives of the study. In chapter two -

literature review the researcher defined the term hearing impairment stated the

causes and the types of hearing impairment. In this chapter the researcher noted the

characteristics, which enables one to identify a learner with hearing impairment; this

chapter also stated what other people say about the hearing impaired both in Africa

and other countries of the world.

In chapter three the researcher used a descriptive design to collect data from

various respondents. Questionnaires were used which he sent to four head

teachers, eight teachers, eight parents and twenty learners.

In chapter four the four the researcher analyzed all responses from head teachers,

teachers parents and learners in tabular form. The researcher was to find out the

challenges facing the education of hearing impaired learners in schools within

Masinga Division. From the analysis it was shown that the enrolment of the four

schools was between 100 - 500 learners and all schools had enough teachers but

the teachers had no experience on how to handle learners with hearing impairment

except those teachers who are undergoing distance learning in special needs education.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .......................................................................................................... ii

APPROVAL ............................................................................................................... iii

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................ iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................. v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................ vi

LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................................... ix

ABSTRACT ................................................................................................................ x

CHAPTER ONE ......................................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................ 1

1.0 Background of the study ....................................................................................... 1

1.1 Statement of the problem ..................................................................................... 2

1.2 Purpose of the study ............................................................................................. 2

1.3 Objective of the Study .......................................................................................... 2

1.4 Research Questions ............................................................................................. 2

1.5 Significance of the Study ...................................................................................... 3

1.6 Definition of Terms .............................................................................................. .4

CHAPTER TW0 ......................................................................................................... 5

LITERATURE REVIEW .............................................................................................. 5

2.0 Introduction ........................................................................................................... 5

2.1 Causes of Hearing lmpairment.. ........................................................................... 6

2.2 Types of Hearing Impairment ............................................................................... 7

2.3 Characteristics of Hearing Impaired ..................................................................... 8

2.4 Identification/Categories Of Hearing lmpairment.. ............................................... 8

2.5 History of Education of Hearing Impaired In Europe and America ..................... 11

2.6 Establishments of Schools ................................................................................. 12

2.7 Development of Hearing Education Impairment In Kenya .................................. 12

2.8 Challenges Facing the Education of Hearing Impaired In Kenya ....................... 13

2.9 Differentiated Curriculum .................................................................................... 14

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2.10 Teaching Approaches ....................................................................................... 14

2.11 Teaching Materials ........................................................................................... 15

2.12 Medical Problems ............................................................................................. 15

2.13 Parents and Community Attitudes .................................................................... 15

2.14 Communication Problems ................................................................................ 16

2.15 Environmental Adaptation ................................................................................ 17

CHAPTERTHREE .................................................................................................. 18

METHODOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 18

3.0 Research Design ................................................................................................ 18

3.1 Research Population .......................................................................................... 18

3.2 Sampling and Procedure .................................................................................... 18

3.3 Instruments/ Tools Used .................................................................................... 18

CHAPTER FOUR ..................................................................................................... 19

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION ............................... 19

4.0 How many special trained teachers are there in your School? ........................... 19

Table 1: Number of trained teachers in the area of study ......................................... 19

4.1 Do you have some learners with hearing impairment in your School? ............... 20

Table 2: Responses about presence of impaired learners in the chosen schools .... 20

4.2 How is the academic performance of learners with hearing impairment? ........... 20

Table 3: Academic Performance of learners with Hearing lmpairment.. ................... 20

4.3 Have you ever attended or organized a seminar to talk about learners with

hearing impairment in your School? ......................................................................... 21

Table 4: Responses as to whether Head teachers attend Seminars ........................ 21

4.4 What is your attitude towards learners with hearing impairment? ...................... 21

Table 5 :Attitude of teachers towards Learners with Hearing Impairment ................ 21

4.5 Do learners with hearing impairment relate well with others? ............................. 22

Table 6: Views of respondents as to whether learners with hearing impairment.. .... 22

relate well with others ............................................................................................... 22

Table 7: Mode of communication used by teachers when dealing with impaired ..... 22

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Learners ................................................................................................................... 22

4.6 How often do you use teaching/learning resources in your teaching? ................ 23

Table 8: Number of times teachers use Learning aids ............................................. 23

CHAPTER FIVE ....................................................................................................... 24

DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMMENDATION ................................ 24

5.0 Discussion .......................................................................................................... 24

5.1 Recommendations ............................................................................................. 25

REFERENCES ......................................................................................................... 26

APPENDICES .......................................................................................................... 27