The Mainstream Problems Coping Students with Hearing Disability in Najran Region

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the problems facing the students with hearing disability in Najran region based on gender, study stage, and type of disability. The sample of the study consisted of 17 males, 13 females, 16 students with hearing disability in the intermediate stage, and 14 students in the secondary stage in public schools. While the students with  Total deafness reached 9, 21 students with partial deafness participated in this study. To achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire composed of 40 items distributed to four dimensions: social, academic, environment, and student and parent was developed.The results showed that there are problems facing students with hearing disability in public schools at a high level. The social dimension scored the highest mean. The study also showed that there were no significant differences in the problems facing the Mainstreamed students with hearing problems in public school attributed to gender and academic stage. The differences were significant in the type of disability for those with extreme hearing disability (Total deafness) in the social and academic factors. Finally, the study did not show significant differences in the other two dimensions of educational environment, and student and parent.

Keywords: Mainstreaming, Total deafness, partial deafness, public schools.