Multiple Intelligences among Students who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing at the Elementary School Levels in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a Descriptive Comparative Research

Alnasser, Zakiyah Abdulmohsen; Alsayed, Abdulrahman Khalid

doi:10.21608/jsre.2023.217318.1578

Multiple Intelligences among Students who are Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing at the Elementary School Levels in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, a Descriptive Comparative Research

Document Type : Original Article

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Special Education Department. College of Education, King Faisal University, The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

10.21608/jsre.2023.217318.1578

Abstract

Individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing have similar cognitive abilities as hearing peers. Therefore, hearing loss affects the development of some skills. The purpose of the present study was to identify the level of multiple intelligences in students who are deaf and hard of hearing from their parent's point of view in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia. The study used the descriptive research approach. Fifty-six (56) students who are deaf and hard of hearing at the elementary school level completed an electronic questionnaire on an IQ classification scale designed by Saadia Zahrani. Students who are deaf and hard of hearing showed that the levels of multiple intelligences were in the following order: Visual/Spatial Intelligence, Interpersonal Intelligence, Bodily/Kinesthetic Intelligence, Logical Intelligence, Intrapersonal Intelligence, Verbal/Linguistic Intelligence, and Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence. The study showed no significant differences in multiple intelligences in the following variables, which were gender, type of hearing aids, and condition. Students with cochlear implants had significant differences in the level of Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence from their parent's point of view.

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Educational psychology

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