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    Academic barriers and enablers to success of students with hearing impairment at undergraduate level
    (UMT Lahore, 2023-08) FAISAL AMJAD
    Education is one of the aspects on which a decent society is built and students with hearing impairment also a part of society. Such types of academic barriers i.e. communication, socialization, curriculum, instructions, learning and support services are faced by students with hearing impairment to get higher education at undergraduate level in the universities. Similarly, there are some academic enablers such as academic engagement, interpersonal skills, academic motivation and study skills that can enhance the academic success of students with hearing impairment at undergraduate level in the universities. Higher education produces knowledge and skills to participate in national development and decision-making. The basic purpose of this study was to identify or find out the academic barriers and enablers to success of students with hearing impairment at undergraduate level and it was a case study of a private university where these students were enrolled at undergraduate level. Descriptive research design of quantitative research paradigms was used by the researcher to conduct this study. The population of this quantitative study was the students with hearing impairment who were studying at undergraduate level in a private university. Census sampling technique was used to conduct this study and 41 students with hearing impairment were taken as whole sample from a private university. Two instruments were developed by the researcher in the form of questionnaires to conduct this study. The first questionnaire was based on students’ Academic Barriers (6 barriers, 45 statement) and the other one based on students’ Academic Enablers (4 academic enablers, 46 statements). Bothe instruments were validated by field experts and Cronbach’s alpha values were noted as academic barriers (α=.841) and academic enablers (α=.939) respectively. Three point Likert scale was used in both questionnaires to acquire opinions from the respondents for this study. Data was analyzed through SPSS, descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data and find out the results about academic barriers and enablers. Descriptive statistics and t-test were applied to find out and compare the responses. Findings and conclusions were made on the basis of results which were grounded on the responses of the respondents. Recommendations were made by the researcher based on findings and conclusions to overcome the academic barriers and enhance the academic enablers to success for the students with hearing impairment.