ERIC Number: EJ1454326
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 15
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EISSN: EISSN-2331-186X
Experiences and Expectations of Hard of Hearing Students Who Use Hearing Aids
Obed Appau; Richard Adade; Ruth Swanwick; Samuel Asiamah; Daniel Fobi; Cyril Nusinyo Abutiate; Emmanuel Kwasi Acheampong; Ebenezer Ofori Atta; Success Money Bright Kwaku
Cogent Education, v11 n1 Article 2397178 2024
Studies on hard of hearing students who use hearing aids as a medium of learning in post-secondary education is scarcely investigated in the global south. Most of the studies on the use of hearing aids and the experiences its users have focused on the elderly population in the global north, hence outside the educational settings. An empirical study in the global south context is needed to serve as a framework for hard of hearing students, colleagues, instructors and all educational activists in post-secondary education. The dynamics of the learning environment, societal attitudes and institutional policies for hard of hearing students in the global south is very critical for the inclusivity of these students. This study used phenomenological design to investigate the experiences and expectations of hard of hearing students who use hearing aids as a medium of learning in post-secondary education. Four hard of hearing students who use hearing aids at the University of Education, Winneba, Ghana was interviewed to find out their learning experiences. Their responses centered on perceived benefits and perceived challenges such as communication, quality of life, cost of hearing aids and how people perceived hearing aid users. The study concludes that hard of hearing students who use hearing aids' expectations in post-secondary education are not met due to the community's understanding of disability issues, institutional policies which are far from practice and the learning environment.
Descriptors: Hearing Impairments, Assistive Technology, Students with Disabilities, Student Attitudes, Expectation, Developing Nations, Learning Modalities, Foreign Countries, Communication (Thought Transfer), Quality of Life, Costs, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Students, Postsecondary Education
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ghana
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