It’s like The Matrix. You have all the numbers, all the information, but no touch, no feeling”

South African teachers’ experiences of teaching oral hard-of-hearing learners (HoHL) during Covid-19 restrictions

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ID12691732
AuthorsVictor de Andrade (0000-0002-7494-0527, Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa, corresponding author), Tashira Bava (Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of the Witwatersrand Johannesburg, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa)
Year2025
Volume52
Issue1
Pages33-41
Publication date2025-05-05
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedical Humanities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1468-215X • E-ISSN: 1473-4265
PublisherBMJ (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1136/medhum-2024-013205
PMID40324868
OpenAlexW4410089125
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited25

This study revealed that, as a consequence of COVID-19, South African teachers had to amend their teaching and assessment methodologies which emphasised the inequality in access to education in South Africa, especially the particular challenges related to education for HoHL. Teachers had to navigate an unknown terrain using modified methodologies and were reliant on technology within the constrained South African context where structural limitations further complicated the teaching of HoHL. COVID-19 highlighted that the confluence of disability, constrained resources and poor support mechanisms in South Africa threatens educational provision for learners with special needs

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Feeling · Library science · Nonprobability sampling · Qualitative research · Research article · Resource (disambiguation · Snowball sampling · Social science · Sociology · Thematic analysis · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Subtitles and Audiovisual Media

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