Effect of Training in Lip Reading on Speech Reception of Children with Hearing Impairment in Inclusive Education Classroom in Nigeria: Implication for Regular Teachers.

Abstract

The study investigated the effect of training in lip reading on speech reception of children with hearing impairment in inclusive classroom in Nigeria and its implication for regular teachers. Quasi-experimental design of pretest-post-test design with two experimental groups receiving equal treatment on lip reading training (LRT) was used for the study. The population of the study was thirty six (36) children with hearing impairment in primary five in primary school for the deaf in Enugu Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was researchers’ made test called Lip-Reading Test (LRT) drawn from everyday sentences of IOWA- Keaster forms A and B. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyse the data and ANCOVA to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that the use of amplification (hearing aid) facilitated the reception of speech by children with hearing impairment (CWHI). The study then recommended that training in lip reading should be given to children with hearing impairment (CWHI) and teachers to be equipped to participate and interact effectively in the inclusive education classroom CWHI.

Keywords: Inclusion, impairment, images, perception, reception