A comparative study of hiv/aids knowledge and attitudes of hearing-impaired and non-hearing-impaired secondary school students in Ibadan

The study showed that the hearing-impaired students had poorer knowledge and attitudes to HIV/AIDS compared with their non-hearing-impaired counterparts. There is a pressing need for developmentA cross-sectional survey of all the hearing impaired students and an equal number of nonhearing-impaired students enrolled in a half way school in Ibadan was conducted. Four non-hearingimpaired students did not complete the survey and their responses were excluded from the finalanalysis. Data was analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (version 11.0). Seventy-eight hearing-impaired and non 74 non-hearing impaired students completed the survey. Thirty (38.5%) hearing-impaired and 67 (90.5%) and non-hearing-impaired students knew that HIV could be transmitted via semen, vaginal fluid and blood, (