Abstract:
Executive Summery
Title: “Schools for Children with Hearing Impairment in Dhaka City: Perspective of
Available Facilities.”
Introduction:
Hearing impairment refers to complete or partial loss of the ability to hear from one or
both ears. About two million people suffer from hearing impairment in Bangladesh
(Anam, 1996). The school for hearing impairment for children with hearing impairment
is the best place to get facilities beside of education for improving communication skills.
Dhaka city have some hearing impairment schools so Investigator try to find out the
available facilities of human resources, educational resources and therapy materials in
those schools.
Aim & Objective:
The aim of the study was to explore he facilities available in hearing impairment schools
in Dhaka city with hearing impairment. The aim was fulfilled under two specific
objective as to explore the educational resources and therapy materials in hearing
impairment school and to identify the availability of human resources for children with
hearing impairment in hearing impairment school.
Methodology:
Survey methodology was used study method. Six schools were selected from 10 schools
by following simple random sampling. Checklist was the data collection tool. The
interview and observation were the data collection methods under this study.
Result:
The investigator found in Dhaka city most of the hearing impairment schools have big
facilities gap like not available human resources, educational resources and therapy
resources.
Conclusion:
These results suggest that, most of the schools need to improve their facilities because
they had limited facilities.
