EDUCATION PROGRAMMES FOR THE CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN SPECIAL SCHOOLS A STUDY OF PROBLEMS FACING EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES FOR THE CHILDREN WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN MUMIAS DIVISION,

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION

CERTIFICATION

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .

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CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUC’FION

1.1 BACKGROTJND INFOpJ\~jATIQ~ 2

1.2 SIGNIFICANCE OF TI-IF STUDY 2

1.3 OBJECTIVE OF TI-IESTUDy 3

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS

CHAPTER TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW 4

2.1 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS EDUCA’J’ION IN TI-IE WORLD

2.2 I-IISTORJCAL DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIAL NEEDS EI)tICAI’ION IN KLNY1\ 47

2.3 DEF~ATJON OF I-TEARING IMpAII~~~~’ i

2,4 CAUSES OF I-JEAI~ING lMPA1I~MEN~ 10

2.5 EDUCATIONAL PROVISION AND OTHER RELA’1I~I~ SERVj~~i~~ GIVI~N .10 II IL

CHILDREN WITH I-TEARING IMPAIRMENT 11

?2.6 PROBLEMS FACED BY CHILDREN WITH HEARING lM1>AJJ~MEN’I 14

2.7 SPECIAL EDUCATION METHODS OF TEACI-IING CT-IILL~EN WITH HEARING

IMPAIR~4ENT 16

2.8 ATTITUDE OF TEACHERS TOWARDS THE CHILDREN WITH HEARING

IMPAIRMENT 17

2.9 CONCLUSION 8

~HAPTER THREE JO

~ESEARCI-j METI-IODOLOGY 19

3.1 STUDYDESIGN 19

3.2 SAMPLE 19

3.3 SAMPL~ PROCEDURE 19

3.4 SAMpLE SJZE DETEPJVJINA’I’ION 19

3.5 DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE 20

3.6 DEF~KfION OF OPEJ~TJONAL ‘i’E1~J5 20

~-{APTER FOUR 23

~TAANALYSI5 23

-JAPTER FIVE 31

.SCUSSIONS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECoMMJ~NDATIQNS 31

5.1 DISCUSSION 31

5.2 CONCLU5IO1~ 32

5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS

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PENDICES 38

APPENDIX A: QUESTIONNAIRE .38

CURRICULUM VITAE 41

ABSTRACT This study was carried out to establish problems facing educational programmes for the children

with Hearing impairment in Murnias Division, Mumias district. The study revealed that problems

faced by H.I learners include understanding, signing communication language and behavior

problems. The H.I teachers cope with these problems by: learning sign language, trying to

understand signs practicing assign language and using different Medias. The findings reveal the

methods used by H.J teachers like total comrnunicatjoi~ lip reading and Kenyan sign language.

To assist, the government should built more schools for H.I. learners and equip them with enough resources to help built a better society for the H. I. learners.