TABLE OF CONTENT

DECLARATION ................................................................................................................................ I

APPROVAL ....................................................................................................................................... II

DEDICATION ................................................................................................................................. III

_ Toc4300196_ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ................................................................................... IV

TABLE OF CONTENT .................................................................................................................... V

LIST OF TABLE ............................................................................................................................ VII

ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................................. VIII

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

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

1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ................................................................................ 1

1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ............................................................................... 1

1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY ................................................................................... 2

1.4 GENERAL OBJECTIVE/PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ..................................................... 2

1.5 SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES ............................................................................................ 2

1.6 RESEARCH QUESTIONS .......................................................................................... 2

1.7 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................ 2

1.8 DEFINITION OF TERMS .......................................................................................... 3

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................................................................ 4

LITERATURE REVIEW .................................................................................................................. 4

2.1 CAUSES OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT ....................................................................... 4

2.2 CATEGORIES OF HEARING IMPAIRMENT ................................................................ 5

2.3 EDUCATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED IN EUROPE AND AMERICA ........................... 7

2.4 EMERGENCY OF SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOLS ........................................................... 8

2.5 CHALLENGES FACING THE EDUCATION OF HEARING IMPAIRED IN KENYA ........... 8

2.6 TEACHING METHODS AND MATERIALS ................................................................. 8

2.7 VARYING AND UN CONVINIENT CURRICULUM ....................................................... 9

2.8 HEALTH PROBLEMS .............................................................................................. 9

2.9 ATTITUDE OF PARENTS AND COMMUNITY ............................................................ 10

_2.10 Communication difficulties ......................................................................... 10

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CHAPTER THREE .......................................................................................................................... 11

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY .................................................................................................... 1 I

3 .1 RESEARCH METHODS ........................................... ····· .......................................... 11

3.2RESEARCH DESIGN··················· ........................................................................... 11

3 .3 RESEARCH POPULATION ................................................................................ ······ 11

3.4 SAMPLE SIZE ....................................................................................................... 11

3.5 SAMPLING AND PROCEDURE ............................................................................... 11

3.6 RESEARCH INSTRUMENTS ................................................................................... 11

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................................................................ 12

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATIONS ......................................... 12

CHEPTER FIVE .............................................................................................................................. 17

DISCUSSIONS, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION .................................................. 17

5.1 SUMMARY ........................................................................................................... 17

5.2 DISCUSSION ........................................................................................................ 17

5.3 CONCLUSION ....................................................................................................... 18

5.4 RECOMMENDATION ............................................................................................. 19

REFERENCES ................................................................................................................................. 20

APPENDICES .................................................................................................................................. 21

QUESTIONNAIRE FOR TEACHERS AND HEAD TEACHERS ............................................. 21

QUESTIONNAIRES FOR TEACHERS ........................................................................................ 23

INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR THE LEARNERS ............................................................................. 25

INTERVIEW GUIDE FOR PARENTS ......................................................................................... 27

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LIST OF TABLE

Table 1: 4. 1 Education of Special Needs Teacher .................................................. 12

Table 2: 4.2 Number of Hearing Impairment ......................................................... 12

Table 3: 4. 3 Learners with hearing impairment? .................................................... 13

Table 4: 4. 4 Learners with hearing impairment in your School? ........................... 13

Table 5: 4. 5 Attitude towards learners with hearing impairment? ......................... 14

Table 6: 4.6 Respondents as to whether learners with hearing impairment relate

well with others? ...................................................................................................... 14

Table 7: 4. 7 Communicating with learners with hearing impairment? .................. 15

Table 8: 4. 8 Teachers use teaching/learning sources while teaching? ................... 15

Table 9:4. 9 Impairment come to school regularly? ................................................ 16

ABSTRACT

This study aimed at determining the challenges facing the education of hearing-impaired learners in selected schools of North Eastern province, within Garissa District, Kenya. It went ahead to identify the solutions or remedies to the challenges the hearing impaired learners face which in turn affect their academic performance in schools. Data was gathered using questionnaires and the sample constituted of head teachers, teachers, parents and learners from the four chosen schools in the area of study. Among the challenges established in this study included, inappropriate man power and limited learning resources and these drove the researcher to make a recommendation which called for a consideration of the identified challenges.