درجة استخدام التكنولوجيا المساندة في تنمية المهارات التواصلية و المهارات الأكاديمية للطلبة الصم و الطلبة ضعيفي السمع و تحديات استخدامها من وجهة نظر الطلبة أنفسهم و معلميهم

Abstract EN

The current study aimed at evaluating the degree of using assistive technology in developing communicative and academic skills for deaf and hard of hearing students, and the challenges of using it from the point of view of the students themselves and their teachers.

the study sample included 261 students with hearing disabilities and 179 teachers.

to achieve the objective of the study, the researchers prepared the study tools and verified their validity and reliability.

the results indicated that the overall average score for the communication skills scale was high for students and teachers, and the general average of the total score for the academic skills scale was high according to the students' ratings, while it was average according to the teachers' ratings.

the results also indicated that there were statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05) in the degree of using assistive technology in developing communication skills from the students' point of view themselves, according to the severity of the disability (deaf and hard of hearing) and in favor of the hard of hearing students.

while the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences at the level (α = 0.05) in the degree of using assistive technology in developing academic skills from the students' point of view, depending on the severity of the disability.

the general average of the total score for the scale of challenges in using assistive technology from the point of view of students and teachers was mild.

the results indicated that there were no statistically significant differences in the challenges of using assistive technology according to the respondent (students themselves and their teachers).

the study recommended the necessity of activating the assistive technology and overcoming the obstacles of its use.