Academic Performance of Hearing Impaired Children Who Received Early Intervention
Amin Fatima Choudhry
Naveed Clinic, Raheem Yar Khan, Pakistan.
Hafiza Shabnum Noor
Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Rabia Shahid
Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Tehreem Mukhtar
Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
Syeda Mariam Zahra
Government Secondary School of Special Education, Muzaffargarh, Pakistan.
Ghazal Awais Butt *
Riphah International University, Lahore, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Aims: This study aims to assess the academic performance of children with hearing impairment who received early intervention in Lahore.
Study Design: Cross sectional survey design was used.
Place and Duration of Study: Data was collected from Special Institute/School; Hamza foundation academy Lahore, Pakistan for the duration of six months from March 2021 to September 2021.
Methodology: 97 students with moderate to severe sensorineural hearing loss children (aged in between 4 to 12), using hearing aids (HA’s) and cochlear implant (CI) were included by using purposive sampling technique. Hearing impaired children with other than sensorineural hearing loss and children who didn’t receive early intervention (hearing aids/implants or speech therapy) were excluded from this study.
Results: It was found that 97 children with hearing impairment achieved significantly in their test score (80 to 99%) across English, Science, and Mathematics as compared to Urdu and Islamiyat (70 to 79%) after the implementation of intervention strategies.
Conclusion: The study conclude that, while children with hearing impairment faced struggle in some areas of academics which includes listening and imitation in subjects like Urdu (structure of words) and Islamiyat (due to Arabic talafuz), their academic performance in Math, English, and Science is higher with overall achieved percentage between 80 to 99%.
Keywords: Early intervention, hearing impairment, academic performance, Pakistan