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Original Article

Attitudes Toward Hearing-Impaired Children in Less Developed Countries: A Pilot Study: Actitudes hacia los niños con trastornos auditivos en los paises en desarrollo: Un estudio piloto

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Pages 184-191 | Received 07 Jun 1999, Accepted 03 Dec 1999, Published online: 07 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Various anecdotal reports have been presented about attitudes to hearing loss and deafness in less developed countries but few studies have addressed this matter systematically. In the present study, we have applied a standardised questionnaire to 357 teachers from as uniform a sample as possible within 20 countries in Africa, Latin America, and Asia and compared the results with those obtained from 107 teachers in Western Europe. The questions tapped into their responses toward developing hearing loss themselves, hearing loss in children they encountered, and which group of children with disabilities they would prefer to teach. The geographical origins of the teachers influenced all measures except their view of the contribution that deaf children could make to society. This was influenced solely by the age of the responding teacher.

Sumario

Existen varios reportes anecdóticos sobre las actitudes hacia los trastornos auditivos y la sordera en paises en desarrollo, pero pocos han tratado el tema en forma systemática. En el presente estudio hemos aplicado un cuestionario normado a 357 maestros, de una muestra tan uniforme como ha sido posible, en 20 paises de Africa, América Latina y Asia, y hemos comparado los resultados con los obtenidos de 107 maestros en Europa Occidental. Las preguntas inda-garon sobre sus reacciones hacia la posibilidad de que ellos mismos desarrollaran una pédida auditiva, sus reacciones hacia niños con trastornos auditivos que pudieran conocer y sobre qué grupo de niños discapacitados preferirían enseñar. El origen geográfico de los profesores influyó todas las mediciones, excepto en su percepcion de la contribución que los niños sordos podrian hacer a la sociedad. Este ele-mento fue influído solamente por la edad del maestro interrogado.

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