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    Hearing Impaired Pupils’ Self-Esteem and Their Attitude towards Schooling in Public Primary Schools in Gucha District-Kenya
    (Kampala international University, college of Education open and distance learning., 2013-11) Isaac, Ole Turett
    This study was carried out in public primary schools in Gucha district, Kenya. It explored the relationship between hearing impaired pupils’ self esteem and their attitude towards schooling. The objectives of the study were to determine the degree of hearing impaired pupils’ self esteem in public primary schools, Gucha district, to examine the level of pupils’ attitude towards schooling, as well as to establish the relationship between the hearing impaired pupils’ self esteem and their attitude towards schooling. Using a description suriey and descriptive correlational design , a total of 120 primary school pupils of classes 5,6,7,and 8, all of whom were hearing impaired from ten primary schools in Gucha district , Kenya, participated in the study. The data were analysed using means, percentage distribution and pearson’s product moment correlation. It was found out that the degree of hearing impaired pupils’ attitude towards schooling was high (mean, 2.69), hearing impaired pupils’ attitude towards schooling was high, and the relationship between hearing impaired pupils’ self- esteem and Uieir attitude towards schooling vvas significant (sig, 0.000). It was recommended that parents with children who have hearing related problems should not only comfort them to feel confident but also, from time to time, show them love, concern, care, guide and counsel them.