ABSTRACT
The researcher sought to find out the communication methods used by teachers of the
hearing impaired children. Communication can be affected because a child is unable to
hear clearly the spoken message. Persons with hearing impairment can be classified into
two main groups that are hard of hearing and deaf. Persons who are hard of hearing have
residual hearing and are able to perceive spoken language. Those who al-c deaf are unable
to perceive some spoken language or sound around them.
The researcher used the questionnaires, one for the teachers of hearing impaired and the
other one for the hearing impaired children. The method used to select those to f~l1 the
questionnaires was sampling. The researcher targeted twenty pupils ad ten teachers. All
the pupils responded and only nine teachers gave the filled forms back.
Communication involves two or• more persons that are able to use a communication
system that is understood by both. [1 is common for the hearing impaired children to have
difficult in communication because of problems in the acquisition, comprehension,
production and use of information. Children with communication difficulties experiences
serious problems which interfere with their educational, psychological and social
development.
The researcher recommends that teachers should have in service courses, seminars and
workshop to help them be able to cater for children with special needs in Education the
public should be made aware of the children with Special Needs in Education through the
churches and chiefs barazas by the teachers of Special Needs. Children who are hard of
KARUIKI, D (2021). Methods Of Communication Used In Educating The Hearing Impaired Children In An Inclucive Class In Kambui Primary, Kiambu District-Kanya. Afribary. Retrieved from https://tracking.afribary.com/works/methods-of-communication-used-in-educating-the-hearing-impaired-children-in-an-inclucive-class-in-kambui-primary-kiambu-district-kanya
KARUIKI, DANIEL "Methods Of Communication Used In Educating The Hearing Impaired Children In An Inclucive Class In Kambui Primary, Kiambu District-Kanya" Afribary. Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021, https://tracking.afribary.com/works/methods-of-communication-used-in-educating-the-hearing-impaired-children-in-an-inclucive-class-in-kambui-primary-kiambu-district-kanya. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
KARUIKI, DANIEL . "Methods Of Communication Used In Educating The Hearing Impaired Children In An Inclucive Class In Kambui Primary, Kiambu District-Kanya". Afribary, Afribary, 04 Jun. 2021. Web. 29 Nov. 2024. < https://tracking.afribary.com/works/methods-of-communication-used-in-educating-the-hearing-impaired-children-in-an-inclucive-class-in-kambui-primary-kiambu-district-kanya >.
KARUIKI, DANIEL . "Methods Of Communication Used In Educating The Hearing Impaired Children In An Inclucive Class In Kambui Primary, Kiambu District-Kanya" Afribary (2021). Accessed November 29, 2024. https://tracking.afribary.com/works/methods-of-communication-used-in-educating-the-hearing-impaired-children-in-an-inclucive-class-in-kambui-primary-kiambu-district-kanya