İşitme Engelli Bireylerin Eğitimi İçin Teknolojik Çözümler: Literatür İncelemesi

Yıl 2025, Cilt: 10 Sayı: 1, 47 - 60, 02.07.2025

Tuba Topçu , Ozlem Cakir

Öz

As every individual has the right to equal education, hearing impaired individuals also have the right to receive an education appropriate to their needs. It is important to develop appropriate educational opportunities for the hearing impaired to discover and develop their own potential, and to integrate assistive technologies into education to ensure academic success, independence and accessibility. This study examines the research on assistive technologies used in education for the hearing impaired between 2014 and 2024 through a systematic literature review. In the study, 25 studies were selected from the identified databases according to the agreed criteria and evaluated in terms of their descriptive characteristics. The current status of the studies, the types and effectiveness of the technologies used were analyzed in detail and the contributions of these technologies to the education of hearing impaired individuals were revealed. The findings show that there are more studies examining the effects of technologies used in education for the hearing impaired in 2018, 2019 and 2021 compared to other years, studies are generally conducted using small samples and mostly mixed methods are used in the studies. It was observed that most of the studies focused on goals such as sign language training, vocabulary development, increasing literacy skills and facilitating learning processes in order to support the educational processes of hearing impaired individuals. The most frequently used assistive technologies in the studies include mobile applications, web-based e-learning platforms, educational software, augmented reality based systems, 3D avatars and humanoid robots. In particular, augmented reality -based applications and sign language translation systems were found to be widely used. In most of the studies, it has been observed that assistive technologies have positive effects on hearing impaired individuals, these technologies increase motivation, improve vocabulary, and increase participation. It is recommended that longitudinal studies should be conducted, large samples should be used and new technologies such as virtual reality and artificial intelligence should be used to determine the long-term effects of technologies used in education.

Anahtar Kelimeler

İşitme Engelliler , Yardımcı Teknolojiler , Eğitim , Sistematik Literatür Taraması , Eğitim Teknolojileri

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