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    Behavior and Academic Performance of Learners with Hearing Impairment in Inclusive Mixed Primary Schools Ojola Zone, Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
    (Kampala international international : College of Education,Open and distance Learning, 2008-12) Peter, Otieno Omwoso
    The research intends to carry out research with hearing disability in the Ojoa, Kisumu municipality. The researcher expects to find out the academic performance of these learners. Data was collected from the field, presented, analyzed, tabulated using percentages, frequency and tables. Findings indicated that, the degree of hearing impairment can vary widely from person to person. Some people have partial hearing loss, meaning that the ear can pick up some sounds; others have complete hearing loss, meaning that the ear cannot hear at all (people with complete hearing loss are considered deaf different scholars) The study shows that, complications during pregnancy or birth can greatly cause hearing impairment among learners. Some babies are born with hearing impairment due to infections or illnesses that the mother had while she was pregnant. The study employed researcher devised instruments like Questionnaires, which were used as primary data to establish the truth about the level of behavior of the learning impaired learners.