The effects of communication factors on vocational adaptation of hearing-impaired workers in Metro Manila

Abstract

A pilot survey was conducted to determine the types of communication factors that contribute to vocational adaptation of the hearing-impaired in Metro Manila. The subjects were 40 hearing-impaired workers (20 males, 20 females; age: 21–46) who had graduated from The Philippine School for the Deaf (PSD) between 1968 and 1992. The score of subjective vocational satisfaction (SSVS) was assessed by the two-point scale method as an indicator of vocational adaptation. As a result, ‘satisfaction of overall communication’, ‘communication modality used by the hearing-impaired’, communication modality used by the hearing co-workers', ‘understanding of messages by the hearing-impaired’, and ‘use of hearing aids’ were associated with SSVS.