THE USE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY IN THE TEACHING OF CHILDREN WITH A HEARING HANDICAP

Hearing together with speech are the basic means of communication between people. The loss of hearing means disruption of communication as well as orientation in space and movement coordination; the sense of security and self-assurance is lowered. A computer transforms sound data to visual data. This can be used during teaching of speech and vocabulary development. Computers play an ever greater and more important role in the education of the deaf. Programs created for teaching hearing children can be often used for teaching of the deaf. Programs created especially for deaf children also exist. The aim to this bachelor work is to describe the types of activities children with a hearing handicap do with the computer. Stated hypotheses: H1: Computer technology partly bridges the language barriers in communication of children with a hearing handicap. H2: The internet makes communication between children with a hearing handicap easier. I used quantitative research in this work. I chose the method of asking questions; the technique of a questionnaire. The questionnaires were given to children from special schools for children with a hearing handicap and to teachers who teach at these schools. On the basis of the returned questionnaires it can be stated that both hypotheses were proven. According to the research results, 84% of children use a computer for learning. 83% of children have a computer at home. The results of this work can be used within the framework of the structure of education of people with a hearing handicap