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Browsing Department of Special Needs Education by Subject "Hearing impairment"

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    The effect of socio-economic status on parenting of children with hearing mpairment
    (UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, 2015) Bashir, Nadia; Toufeeq, Sameen
    This study examines the effects of socio economic status on parenting of children with hearing impairment. The major goal of this research was to describe how socio-economic status affects parenting styles. The objectives of the study were to Highlight the specific parenting styles on the basis of different socio-economic status, Investigate the effect of socio-economic status on parenting styles to children with hearing impairment and Highlight the differences in parenting styles on the basis of socioeconomic classes. The study was based on causal-comparative research method and it was descriptive in nature. The sample of the study was 400 parents of children with hearing impairment. The sample was selected by using purposive sampling technique. The researcher collected data from six schools of children with hearing impairment based in Lahore. The data was analyzed by using SPSS. Descriptive statistics were calculated and conclusions were drawn. AVONA was used to see the differences in parenting styles among various socio-economic classes. The major finding of the research included, a) Upper middle class is more authoritarian than lower upper class, b)working lower class is more authoritative, c) working class and lower class are more permissive.
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    Identification of learning styles of students with hearing impairment at elementary level in Lahore
    (UNIVERSITY OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, 2015) Samad, Nadia; Hamid, Maria
    This study was about identification of learning styles of students with hearing impairment at elementary level in Lahore. The study was descriptive in nature. For this purpose the researchers collected data through convenient sampling from 220 samples (i.e. elementary students with hearing impairment) of seven schools of hearing impaired children in Lahore city. The objectives of the study were to identify the learning styles of the hearing impaired students, to find out the mean difference between learning styles of hearing impaired students due to difference in socio-economic status, to discover the mean contrast between learning styles of listening to weakened understudies because of distinction in their age gathering, to explore the mean distinction between learning styles of listening to disabled understudies because of distinction in their listening to misfortune., to discover the mean distinction between learning styles of listening to weakened understudies because of contrast in their schools and to figure out the mean contrast between learning styles of listening to hindered understudies because of contrast in their evaluation at rudimentary level in schools of Lahore. On the basis of hypothetical framework the instrument was developed to collect the data. The respondent responded against a five level scale (strongly agree, agree, neutral, disagree and strongly disagree). After data collection it was tabulated and analyzed with the help of SPSS. The result was concluded that the Visual (.000) and Kinesthetic/Tactile (.000) learning styles were practiced in hearing impaired schools of Lahore. The impact of demographic variable ‘socioeconomic’ (.000) showed a significant difference with kinesthetic /tactile learning style at elementary students with hearing impairment. Cronbach’s Alpha value of the instrument was .815 which means that the instrument was reliable.