Students with hearing impairment in higher education

Ovaj rad donosi pregled iskustva studiranja studenata sa slušnim oštećenjem na različitim fakultetima u Hrvatskoj. Prikazuju se zakoni i dokumenti u kojima se propisuju prava i mogućnosti za studente s invaliditetom te smjernice za omogućavanje jednakih obrazovnih mogućnosti i nadogradnju sustava potpore. Putem etnološke i kulturnoantropološke kvalitativne metode istraživanja, provedeni su intervjui s ispitanicima u kojima je naglasak bio na oblicima izvođenja nastave i načinima prilagodbe nastavnog procesa. Cilj istraživanja bio je dobiti uvid u odnos teorije i prakse te komparirati izvođenje nastave na šest različitih fakulteta kako bi se ustanovilo u kojoj se mjeri koriste prilagodbe za studente sa slušnim oštećenjem navedene u zakonima. Rezultati su pokazali neuravnoteženu razvijenost sustava potpore između fakulteta, nedovoljne prilagodbe nastavnog procesa, manjak osviještenosti nastavnika o slušnom oštećenju, a sve navedeno uz rijetke iznimke, te općenite otežane uvjete studiranja za osobe sa slušnim oštećenjem.This paper gives a review about the experience of students with hearing impairment studying at different universities in Croatia. The paper shows laws and documents that consist of rights and possibilities for students with disabilities and also guidelines for enabling equal educational possibilities and for upgrading support systems. Through ethnological and cultural anthropological qualitative research method, author has interviewed participants about forms of teaching and adaptations in educational process. The goal was to get an insight in theory and practice relation and compare the ways of teaching in six different universities, in order to establish in what measure adaptations (mentioned in laws) are used for students with hearing impairment. The results showed unbalanced development of support systems between universities, insufficient adaptations in educational process, the lack of awareness by teachers about hearing impairment (with rare exceptions) and generally difficult conditions of studying for people with hearing impairment