Undergraduate education for the hearing-handicapped: The programme of research, adaptation and development of the Open University project for hearing-impaired students
✍ Scribed by Gerald W. Hales
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Year
- 1973
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 939 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-4277
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✦ Synopsis
Since January 1972, the Open University has been operating a project for the undergraduate education of the growing number of hearing-impaired students. These students face psychological, social and linguistic problems and other difficulties which arise from their isolation in the world, their limited ability to communicate and their educational background.
So far, the project has been able to offer support in terms of education (special tutorials, discussions, etc.), communication (special equipment, interpreters, trained personnel) and what may be termed psycho-social therapy (counselling, technical help, general support). In many of the students, this has led to an increase of self-confidence and an improvement in the ability to communicate, as well as in educational achievements. This paper describes the work which has been done, and is being done, by the Open University project, for a very neglected sector of the disabled community.