Attention to the educational needs of students with hearing disabilities in Higher Education

Abstract

Students with hearing disabilities are called "deaf" these young people have a functional deficit that occurs when hearing loss is lost to a greater or lesser degree. Therefore, it is required that the didactic process be developed through stimuli, such as visual and/or tactile signals with symbolic meaning, therefore, teachers must promote activities or didactic strategies that develop the ability to experience reality from what is looks and what it feels like for learning to be accomplished successfully. Over the years, research has focused on the basic levels of education and provided a very general recommendation in higher education. Most teachers lack information to serve students with hearing disabilities, few dominate sign language, which affects effective communication between them and their students, therefore the teaching strategies used in class do not respond to the need’s educational activities for the deaf, the teacher plans the activities thinking of the hearing students, on the other hand, the classroom interpreter has little participation in the class preparation process. It is recommended to request specific diagnoses of students with disabilities, so that teachers plan didactic strategies aimed at students in an inclusive manner, the interpreter must participate in the planning processes, prepare didactic material and media, incorporate a component into the study plan optional curricular for future teachers for the care of people with disabilities, opening free courses in sign language for teachers and administrative staff. As a proposal, a manual of didactic strategies that have been compiled as a result of the research process is presented.