Abstract
M.Ed.
Hearing-impaired pupils differ from normal-hearing ones in that
they have neither language nor speech. The result is an
incapability to communicate. To overcome this immense problem,
hearing-impaired children are educated with great empathy. The
teachers of these children need to have patience, dedication and
the capability to implement any available means to fulfil the
special needs of their pupils.
Media gives the teacher the ways and means to introduce the real
world and its components to the child, starting with the wearing
of a hearing aid. The hearing aid allows the child to step out of
silence into a world of some sound.
The education of the hearing-impaired relies on the use of media
(that is: printed material, the overhead projector and
transparencies, the computer, video, television, music, hearing
aids and real objects). Each of the ,above mentioned, fulfils a
special need in the education of the hearing-impaired - it brings
about more effective teaching and learning. It gives the hearingimpaired
the chance to be part of the normal living life .