A Study of Emotional Problems Among The Hearing Impaired in Public Schools

Abstract

The present study was designed to determine whether the behavior problems reported for hearing impaired populations educated in residential settings and among normal hearing populations were evident among hearing impaired populations in the public schools. Further, it was hypothesized that some behavior problems might be unique to the hearing impaired in the public schools. The Behavior Problem Checklist was used to rate 219 hearing impaired subjects by 33 teachers of the hearing impaired. The teachers. (raters) were randomly selected. The data were examined by means of a factor analysis which yielded five factors of behavior problems. Some of these factors have previously been reported, while others were unique to the population under investigation Results suggest a need for specific training in the area of behavioral disturbance for teachers of the hearing impaired in order to better serve this population.

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