Information and Communication Technology in Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired Children

Konjevod, Mihaela. (2019). Information and Communication Technology in Rehabilitation of Hearing Impaired Children. Diploma Thesis. Filozofski fakultet u Zagrebu, Department of Phonetics
Department of Information Science. [mentor Mildner, Vesna and Lauc, Tomislava].

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Abstract

Information and communication technology has a significant and growing role in today's society. Therefore, this paper is about information and communication technology in rehabilitation and education of children with hearing impairment. Hearing is important for communication as well as for responding to dangers and warnings from the environment. Possible hearing loss affects development of the spoken language. Early identification and rehabilitation of children with hearing impairment is important, but the impact of the ICT on children and how it helps them in development of numerous competences is real. This paper describes the use of information and communication technology in rehabilitation and education of children with hearing impairment. Tools and programs are developed with the aim of developing the spoken language, improving articulation and pronunciation and learning new words and concepts. Furthermore, in the experimental part of the paper, the use of information and communication technology in the rehabilitation of children with hearing impairment is presented. The research was conducted at Polyclinic for the Rehabilitation of Listening and Speech SUVAG, and research goals were to determine: 1) the effectiveness and importance of the use of information and communication technology in the work and rehabilitation of children with hearing impaired, 2) efficiency of the use of information and communication technology in the development of phonological awareness in children with hearing impairment and 3) whether children with hearing impairment are more interested, more active and engaged in the rehabilitation if information technology is used. The results of this research show that there is a need for information and communication technologies in the process of rehabilitation and education of children with hearing impairment. To the children, ICT is interesting, motivating, and their use improves some phonological awareness skills.

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