Teachers' Attitudes Towards Learners With Hearing Impairment In Nkubu Zone, Nkuene Division Imenti South

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .............................................................................................................. i

APPROVAL .................................................................................................................... i i

DEDICATION .............................................................................................................. iii

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................................. iv·

TABLE 0 F CONTENTS ................................................................................................ v

OPERATION DEFINITION OF TERMS .................................................................. viii

CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 1

1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... I

1.1 Background information ............................................................................................ 2

1.2 Statement of the problem .......................................................................................... 3

I.3 Purpose of the study ................................................................................................... 3

1.4 Objectives of the study .............................................................................................. 3

1.5 Research questions .................................................................................................... 4

1.6 Significance of the study ........................................................................................... 4

I. 7 Limitations of the study ............................................................................................. 5

1.8 Delimitation ............................................................................................................... 6

CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................. 7

2.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 7

2.1 Hearing impairment ................................................................................................... 7

2.2 Causes of hearing impairment ................................................................................... 8

2.3 Causes of hearing impairment in Kenya ................................................................... 9

2.4 Types of hearing impairment. .................................................................................... 9

2.5 Traditional beliefs on persons with hearing impairment.. ....................................... I 0

2.6 Classification of hearing .......................................................................................... 11

2.7 Characteristics of hearing impairment. .................................................................... l2

2. 8 Effects of hearing impairment ................................................................................. 12

2.9.0 Attitudes towards persons I learners with hearing impairment.. .......................... 14

2.9.1 Component of attitudes ........................................................................................ 14