Psychological and Social Problems of Hearing-Impaired Students and the Adopted Coping Strategies in Deaf Schools

Abstract

The aims of this study were to identify the social and psychological problems of hearing-impaired students and investigate the coping strategies adopted in deaf schools. The descriptive analytical approach was used to describe the data collected from a randomly selected sample that consisted of 150 deaf students; 67 were males and 83 were females. The findings showed that hearing-impaired students face social problems such as difficulties encountered in public places and feeling scared of violence by others. The findings also showed that students with hearing impairment face frequent psychological problems such as explanation of mistakes, fear of making mistakes, and separation anxiety. However, the study results revealed that students with hearing impairment have a medium level of psychological and social problems as well as the adoption level of coping strategies. Furthermore, there are no statistically significant differences on the level of both social and psychological problems, and adapted level of coping strategies due to gender, address, education level, and impairment severity.