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Item The challenge of implementing inclusive education for children with hearing impairment in Nigeria(2012-07) Isaiah, O. O.; Aderibigbe, S. A.This paper examined the concept of inclusive education, the characteristics of children with hearing impairment, benefits and the challenges of inclusive education. The authors identified some findings that highlighted the problems facing inclusive education in developing countries The paper finally focused on factors that could enhance the successful implementation of inclusive education especially in developing countries like Nigeria.Item Correlates of job satisfaction among teachers of students with hearing impairment in Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria(2016-12) Isaiah, O. O.This study investigated the relationship among gender, marital status, self efficacy, incentives and job satisfaction among teachers of students with hearing impairment in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria. This is against the background that teachers commitment and productivity will depend on how satisfied they are in terms of personal, psychological and environmental factors. The sample consisted of 60 secondary school teachers of students with hearing impairment in Ibadan (Male = 31, female = 29). The respondents were selected using purposive sampling technique. Data were collected using Teachers of students with hearing impairment job satisfaction Questionnaire (r=0.86). Results showed that Gender (r-271) and self efficacy (r=.263) had significant relationship with job satisfaction among teachers of students with hearing impairment. While marital status, incentives and years of teaching experience did not. The independent variables (gender, self efficacy marital status, incentives and years of teaching experience jointly contributed to job satisfaction among teachers of students with hearing impairment (Adj. R2=0.178). This means that 17.8% of the variance in job satisfaction is accounted for by the independent variables. The relative contributions of the independent variables to the dependent variable in order of magnitude showed that: Gender ((3=0.559), self efficacy ((3=0.417), Marital status ((3=0.245) and years of teaching experience (3=0.125). It is recommended that the government should ensure that teachers of students with hearing impairment’s conditions of service are improved, so that they could be job satisfied. This will influence their productivity and performance.Item Gender, self-efficacy and personality traits as correlates of career choice of adolescents with hearing impairment in Oyo State, Nigeria(Department of Educational Foundations and Counselling, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, 2014-10) Isaiah, O. O.; Olawumi, S. K.The study examined the relationship among gender, self-efficacy, personality traits and career choice among adolescents with hearing impairment in Oyo State, Nigeria. The descriptive survey research design was adopted in carrying out the study. The purposive sampling technique was used to select 100 male and female adolescents with hearing impairment from Durbar Grammar School, Oyo and Methodist Grammar School, (Deaf Unit), Bodija, Ibadan, Nigeria. A 30-item questionnaire was used to collect data for the study. Data were analyzed using Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Multiple Regression Analysis. Gender (r=.287, P<0.05), self-efficacy (r=.105, P<.05) and personality traits (r=.087, P<0.05) were positively correlated with career choice among adolescents with hearing impairment. Gender, self-efficacy and personality type significantly predicted the career choice of adolescents with hearing impairment (F(3,97) = 6.824, P<0.05) and contributed 74% of the total variance to the dependent variable. The relative contributions of the independent variables to career choice of adolescents with hearing impairment are as follows: Gender ((-.279), self- efficacy ((=.212) and personality traits ((=.045) respectively. Gender, self-efficacy and personality traits are important factors that enhanced career choice of adolescents with hearing impairment. Parents, teachers and rehabilitators should encourage adolescents with hearing impairment to come to term with their disabilities in order to choice careers that would make them to be economical independent.Item Effects of auditory integrationtraining and acoupedic therapy on word recognition of children with hearing impairment(2017) Osisanya, A.; Adeniyi, S. O.; Olubukola, F. O.This study examined the effectiveness of auditory integration training and acoupedic therapy on word recognition among children with hearing impairment. Thirty three children between five and ten years old participated in this study. All the participants had Pre-Lingual and Post-Lingual hearing impairment with degree of hearing loss ranging from mild, moderate, severe to profound. All the children had their hearing loss confirmed through audiometric test and they were fitted with hearing aids. The instruments used consisted of Macro 53 brand of audiometer calibrated on ISO-13485:2008, word recognition test adapted from Betts (1946) with reliability of 0.89 for pre and post tests and case history of the participants. Data collected were coded and analysed using Analysis of Co-variance using SPSS version 17. The results revealed that Auditory Integration Training and Acoupedic therapy had significant effects on word recognition among the participants and that Auditory Integration Training was more effective on word recognition among children with hearing impairment. Also, there were significant main effects of degree and onset of hearing loss on participants’ word recognition. It was recommended that early intervention in the form of Auditory Integration Training and Acoupedic Therapy should be adopted.