Assessment of written vocabulary through visual perception of a sample of the hearing impaired, for the age group (10-14 years)- A field study at the school for the hearing-impaired children in Hadjout (Tipaza)

Abstract

The aim of the current study is to assess the written vocabulary through visual perception of a sample of the hearing-impaired of both sexes for the age group of (10-14) years. To verify this, a test was constructed by the two researchers containing pictures of words extracted from the sign language dictionary of the Ministry National solidarity, the two researchers calculated its psychometric characteristics, the research tool was applied to a sample of twenty (20) hearing-impaired persons, of whom ten (10) females and ten (10) males were deliberately chosen. The descriptive analytical approach was used appropriate for this study, and the statistical treatment of the results resulted in that the level of written linguistic balance for the hearing impaired is low, and that there are statistically significant differences in the visual perception of written words attributed to the gender variable in favor of females, and the presence of statistically significant differences in the visual perception of words Written attribution to variable degree of disability in favor of severe hearing impairment. Accordingly, the two researchers recommended the necessity of developing educational and training programs for this group of people with special needs in order to enhance and strengthen their written vocabulary, given that written language is their primary means of communicating with other people.