The Assessment Of Hearing Aid To Learners With Hearing Impairment In Nairobi Kenya

ABSTRACT

The study aims at assessing the hearing aid to learners with hearing impairment in

Nairobi Kenya. The researcher applied survey method that involved qualitative and

quantitative approaches of collecting raw data. Thirty questionnaires were sent to thirty

respondents who completed and returned all of them to the researcher. The respondents

were randomly sampled. Frequency tables, bar graph and pie chart were used to assemble

and analyze the raw data in percentages.

The data analysis explains hearing aid to learners with hearing impairment, case:

provision and barriers to effective use of hearing aids in Nairobi Kenya. The research

findings are that the major barriers to effective provision and use of hearing aids are

unaffordable, lack of adequate training and maintenance and lack of adequate information

of where and how to get fitted with a hearing aid. Therefore, there is need for the

government and all the stakeholders to alleviate the issue of hearing aid to learners with

hearing impairment in Nairobi Kenya

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