TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION
APPROVAL
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iv
LIST OF TABLE VII
ABSTRACT viii
CHAPTER ONE 1
INTRODUCTION I
Background I
Statement of the problem 3
The purpose of the study~ 4
Objectives 4
Research Questions
The scope of study 5
Significance of the study~ 5
Limitations~ 6
Delimitations
CHAPTER TWO 8
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE 8
Understanding a child with hearing impairment 8
Teachers attitudes towards children with hearing impairment 9
Teaching methods used by teachers in teaching children with hearing impairment II
Mode of communication teachers use in teaching children with hearing impairment 12
CHAPTER THREE 14
METHODOLOGY 14
INTRODUCTION 14
RESEARCH DESIGN 14
V
AREAOF STUDY •14
TARGET POPULATION AND SAMPLE SIZE 15
SAMPLE PROCEDURE 15
RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS 15
DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE 15
DOCUMENTARY REVIEW 16
DATA ANALYSIS 16
CHAPTER FOUR 17
DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION 17
INTRODUCTION 17
CHAPTER FIVE 25
DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 25
Introduction 25
Discussion of results on objective one 25
Discussion of results on objective two 26
Discussion of results on objective three 27
Discussion of results on objective four 28
Discussion of Results on objective five 29
Conclusion 30
Recommendations 31
APPENDIX 1
REFERENCES
APPENDIX 11 36
APPENDIX 111 38
APPENDIX IV 40
ABSTRACT The main focus of this study to find out chilenges faced by children with hearing impairment in an inclusive setting. The researcher picked interest in finding out the mode of communication used by teachers instructional materials teachers use to instruct hearing ipaired learners, teachers’ attitudes towards inclusion of children with hearing impairment in regular schools and findind ways of improing the education ofthese children. To get the information needed an interview guide was designed for children with hearing impairment and questionaires prepared and distributed to headteachers and teachers in the selected schools. Random and purposive sampling techniquues were used to select schools and the respondents. The findings revealed that children with hearing impairment in regular schools experienced some challenges which among others included; lack of specially trained teachers in special needs education to cater for their learning needs and interests, inadeqaucy of appropriate equipment and learning materials, inappropriate teaching materials and methods, negative attitudes of teachers towards the education of the handicapped children and high teacher—pupil ratio in class among others. From the study, the following recommendations were made that; Special Needs Education should be co-opted into Primary Teachers’ Colleges as a course, government, NGOs and other stakeholders should intensify community awareness programmes about the rights of persons with disabilities, refresher courses should be provided to teachers to equip them with knowledge and skills to assitst learners with special learning needs and teachers be trained to make and use the available local materials, primary school teachers should be encouraged to go for up grading special needs education, parents of children with special needs should be encouraged to actively get involved in the learning of their children among others.
