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The study aimed at identifying the level of psychological alienation and its relationship with some demographic variables among the hearing– impaired in Jordan. The study sample consisted of (80) students from the Holy Land Institute for the Deaf allocated at (50) males and (30) females. The researcher developed a tool to measure the psychological alienation and verify the psychometric features of the tool.The study results pointed out that the level of psychological alienation among the hearing – impaired was at medium level. The results also revealed the absence of statistically significant differences in the level of psychological alienation between the hearing – impaired males and females. The study also showed the presence of statistically significant differences in the psychological alienation level according to the variables of type of residence and the intensity of impairment where the differences were in favor of the deaf students. Based on the results, the researcher recommends the necessity of holding training and guiding programs to reduce the level of psychological alienation among the hearing – impaired in Jordan.

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A Prospective Study of Ocular Abnormalities in Hearing Impaired and Deaf Students

Ear Nose & Throat Journal ◽

10.1177/014556139207101208 ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 71 (12) ◽

pp. 643-651 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

L.E. Leguire ◽

Robyn D. Fillman ◽

Deborah R. Fishman ◽

Don L. Bremer ◽

Gary L. Rogers

Keyword(s):

Prospective Study ◽

Hearing Impaired ◽

Refractive Errors ◽

Deaf Students ◽

Ocular Abnormalities ◽

Ocular Abnormality ◽

High Prevalence ◽

Ophthalmologic Examination ◽

A Prospective Study ◽

Eye Clinic

In a prospective study of 505 hearing impaired and deaf students conducted at Children's Hospital Eye Clinic, 48.7% were found to have significant ocular abnormalities. The prevalence of myopia, astigmatism, and pathological intraocular changes was found to be significantly increased over the general population. In addition, the prevalence of ocular abnormalities generally increased with the severity of the hearing loss. Of importance was the high prevalence of rubella-consistent abnormalities in the hearing impaired and deaf student populations. Rubella syndrome may be responsible for a major portion of high refractive errors and ocular pathological changes. It is recommended that ENT specialists and pediatricians be aware of the nearly 50% chance of ocular abnormality in hearing impaired and deaf students, and that ophthalmologic examination may be valuable for identification or confirmation of the etiology of hearing impairment.

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Comprehension of indefinite pronouns and quantifiers by hearing-impaired students

Applied Psycholinguistics ◽

10.1017/s0142716400006342 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 417-434 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Ronnie B. Wilbur ◽

Wendy C. Goodhart

Keyword(s):

Spoken Language ◽

Hearing Impaired ◽

Deaf Students ◽

Comic Strips ◽

Theoretical Predictions ◽

Comparison Of The Results ◽

Hearing Children ◽

Written Materials ◽

Indefinite Pronouns ◽

Hearing Impaired Students

AbstractDeaf students' recognition of indefinite pronouns and quantifiers was tested using written materials in the form of comic strips that provided pragmatically appropriate context. One hundred and eighty-seven profoundly hearing-impaired students, aged 7–23 years, served as subjects. There were significant developmental trends for both the indefinite pronouns and the quantifiers, with the quantifiers significantly more difficult than the indefinite pronouns. A comparison of the results with predictions drawn from theoretical linguistics and with predictions drawn from Developmental Sentence Scoring (Lee, 1974) data for hearing children indicates that theoretical predictions are more accurate for hearing-impaired students. This may be due to differences in methodology (DSS reports spontaneous spoken language; the present study reports comprehension of written English) and to educational practices with hearing-impaired students.

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