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Percentage of Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students in College

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Percentage of Deaf or Hard of Hearing Students in College

james.schwartz@frontrange.edu's picture
James Schwartz
| 12/3/12 @ 11:32 AM

Does anyone have or know where I can find current figures for the percentage of deaf or hard of hearing students in college? Thank you,

Jim

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Cassie Franklin
| 12/4/12 @ 11:33 AM

Hi Jim,

Our RES team from the University of Texas - Austin has recently put together the following information.  I hope this is what you're looking for!

1992-1993:

**** The information presented does not include Gallaudet University and the NTID.

Breakdown of levels of hearing loss:

  • 4,520 deaf students
  • 7,770 hard of hearing students
  • 7,750 students in the combined deaf or hard of hearing (i.e., the institution did not distinguish between deaf and hard of hearing) category

An average of 9.8 students identified themselves as deaf or hard of hearing at each institution. 

These patterns of differences by institutional characteristics have remained stable since 1989-90:

  1. Two-year institutions enrolled more deaf and had of hearing students than did 4-year institutions.
  2. Almost 9 out of 10 deaf and hard of hearing students (17,690 out of 20,040) attended public institutions.
  3. More deaf and hard of hearing students were enrolled in institutions in the West than in any one of the other regions.
  4. About half of the deaf and hard of hearing students (9,710 out of 20,040) attended large institutions.

Source:  Survey on Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Postsecondary Education - Commissioned by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the U.S. Department of Education.  http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/peqis/publications/94394/index.asp?sectionID=1

 

2007 and 2010 estimates:

Discrepant findings:

  • John Schroedel argues that the commonly used average of 25,000 deaf or hard of hearing college students number is a huge underestimate. 
  • His updated estimate is 414,000. 
  • He reached his estimate by first using the total number of students enrolled in college in 2004 (15.9 million).  His definition of the college-aged population was individuals aged 18-44.  Kochkin (2001) reported that 2.4% of those 18-34 & 3.9% 35-44 years of age have a hearing loss.  He applied these percentages to the total enrolled and reached 414,300. 
  • He estimates 470,000 deaf and hard of hearing college students by 2010.

                                    -  He cites the NPSAS: 90 data as a support of his higher estimate

Source:  PEPNet (2007). Hard of hearing students in post-secondary settings: A guide for service providers. 

 

Thanks,

Cassie

 

 

 

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