تقييم استخدام التقنيات المساندة لتمكين دمج الصم و ضعاف السمع من وجهة نظر المختصين و المعلمين في المملكة العربية السعودية

Abstract EN

The Study aimed to identify the availability, importance and use of assistive technology to meet the needs of deaf and hearing impaired to enable their academic integration in community institutions.

The study used a questionnaire to identify the availability and use of assistive technology provided for the hearing impaired in Al Amal institutions and Integration schools in the city of Jeddah .

The questionnaire was applied to (40) teachers and administrators of Al Amal institutions for the Deaf, (40) teachers and administrators of hearing impaired in integration school, and (40) students of deaf and hard of hearing.

The results showed using the medium assistive technology of different display devices, and the lack of the use of computer software, and the lack of simple technology, and this indicated the need of these institutions to provide and use advanced audio technology, alarms, connecting and communication devices, interpreting devices and programs for both individual and collective audiovisual rehabilitation,.

The results also revealed differences between teachers of deaf and teachers of hearing impaired in the use of assistive technology for the favor of experience and specialization of science