ERIC Number: EJ1274036
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020
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The Learning, Social, and Economic Challenges Facing the Deaf and Hearing-Impaired Individuals
Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, v15 n5 p976-988 2020
The research aimed to identify the education, social, and economic challenges facing deaf and hearing-impaired individuals, the research based on a descriptive approach to suites the research objective. sample of the research consists of (105) from both deaf and hearing-impaired individuals in Al Balqa governorate selected by a convenient method and the results showed that the education, social, and economic challenges facing the deaf and hearing-impaired individuals were in the medium level. The social challenges facing hearing impaired are lack of engagement in social activity, fear to deal with others, and the discrimination feels, and the education challenges are cannot understand science material, the need for sign language translator, and lack of teachers' ability. The research furtherly found there are statistically significant differences at a level of (0.05) in the level of social and economic challenges facing the deaf and hearing-impaired individuals according to gender, age, and qualification.
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Barriers, Foreign Countries, Social Influences, Social Discrimination, Anxiety, Interpersonal Relationship, Access to Education, Economic Factors, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Accessibility (for Disabled), Student Needs, Sign Language, Social Life, Access to Health Care, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education
SciencePark Research, Organization & Counseling. P.O. Box 22912, Nicosa 1525, Cyprus. e-mail: editor.cjes@gmail.com; Web site: http://cjes.eu/
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Jordan
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