Prof Isaiah Sunday Elemukan, Prof Abu Egwa Ozegya & Moses Kayode Ojo
Abstract
The study examined the effect of auditory training on sound comprehension and detection among students with hearing impairment. The study was guided with two research questions and two hypotheses. The study adopted a pretest-posttest control group quasi-experimental design. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 20 students which is 10% of the population. The instruments used were Scene Analysis Scale (SAS) and Sound Keenness Scale (SKS). The instruments were given to Special Educators and Measurement and Evaluation experts for face validation. The reliability of the instrument was ascertained using Cronbach alpha and the coefficient of 0.82 showed that the instrument is high and can measure what it purports to measure consistently. The questionnaire was administered to the students first as a pretest and after three weeks of treatment, the post test was administered to both groups. The data was analysed using simple percentages and Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA). The results showed that auditory training has significant effect on sound comprehension and detection among students with hearing impairment. It was recommended, among others, that parents and caregivers should ensure that children are helped at the earlier stage to comprehend sounds through regular auditory.