Nothing for us without us: Student-identified approaches that can support the inclusion of deaf students in South African secondary schools

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Table 1. Details of study participants.

Information	Participant A	Participant B	Participant C	Participant D
Gender	Male	Female	Female	Female
Age when interviewed	21	25	25	26
Qualification	BSc (Civil Engineering)	BCom (Management)	BCom (Accounting)	BCom (Accounting)
Primary Education	Specialised unit for deaf students in regular primary school	Specialised unit for deaf students in regular primary school	Specialised unit for deaf students in regular primary school	Specialised unit for deaf students in regular primary school
Secondary Education	Mainstream transferred in Grade 7	Mainstream transferred in Grade 6	Mainstream transferred in Grade 7	Mainstream transferred in Grade 7
Post-Secondary Education	University (2^nd year)	University (5th year)	University (4th year)	University – undergraduate & postgraduate (6 years)
Age when received Cochlear Implant	13yrs	9yrs	8yrs	Bilateral hearing aids, no cochlear implant
Communication Mode	Auditory-oral approach	Auditory-oral approach	Auditory-oral approach	Auditory-oral approach
Access to Sign Language?	No	No	No	No
Family Background	Monolingual hearing family	Monolingual hearing family	Monolingual hearing family	Monolingual hearing family
Language(s) used at home	English only	English only	English only	English only
Age and Identification of Profound Deafness	Deaf from birth identified during 1st year by specialists	Deaf from birth identified during 1st year by specialists	Deaf from birth identified during 1st year by specialists	Deaf from birth identified during 1st year by specialists
Support Services Post-Identification	Hearing assessment and management by audiologists & speech therapists	Hearing assessment and management by audiologists & speech therapists	Hearing assessment and management by audiologists & speech therapists	Hearing assessment and management by audiologists & speech therapists
Motivation for Mainstreaming	Family preference preparation for “real world” & oral language development	Family preference preparation for “real world”	Family preference preparation for “real world”	Family preference preparation for “real world” & oral language development
Interview Language(s)	Spoken language – English	Spoken language – English	Spoken language – English	Spoken language – English