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REPORT ON THE HEARING IMPAIRED IN TURKEY

REPORT ON THE HEARING IMPAIRED IN TURKEY. Introduction. Due to difficulties in reaching information specific to the hearing impaired , we gathered information on the disabled in general terms.

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REPORT ON THE HEARING IMPAIRED IN TURKEY

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  1. REPORT ON THE HEARING IMPAIREDIN TURKEY

  2. Introduction Due to difficulties in reaching information specific to the hearing impaired, we gathered information on the disabled in general terms. Another point we have determined during our literature search is that statistical data is smoewhat different. However, we have used the most reliable sources while preparing this report.

  3. ABOUT TURKEY: * POPULATION (31.12.2007): 70 586 256 * DISABLED POPULATION: 8.5 MILLION * % 50 OF THE DISABLED YOUNGER THAN 34 AGES (Source: www.milliyet.com.tr and ozar.net/go/yazilar/turk_2007_nufus-38k)

  4. Graphic 1:The Share of Population of Disabilities in Turkey

  5. Graphic 2: Literate/illiterate Percent of Disabled Population

  6. Graphic 3: Disabled Labor Force Participation Rate in 2006

  7. HEARING DISABILITYIN TURKEY While preparing this report we realized that;. “One of the biggest difficulties is that the definition of hearing disability differs across the institutions and lacks a set standard.”

  8. Although some statistics shows different numbers; *According to the UN Report there are 2.5 million Hearing Disabled in Turkey (www.yasadikca.com) *According to 1997 Disability Survey realised by Turkish National Statistical Institute and Administration for Disabled People, There are 377 193 Hearing Disabled in Turkey. (www.ozelegitimciler.org).

  9. *According to 2002 Turkish National Statistic Data more than %12 of whole population is Disabled in Turkey. More than 1/3 disability is Hearing of Disabled Population. (www.tuik.gov.tr ) * According to some documents (www.turkdeaf.org) there are more than 3 million hearing Disabled (deaf) people live in Turkey. We think that more or less 2 million Hearing Disabled live in Turkey

  10. Graphic 4: Reasons of Hearing Disability

  11. Graphic 5: Male/ Female Ratio in Hearing Disabled

  12. LEGAL RIGHTS OF THE HEARING IMPAIRED INDIVIDUAL IN TURKEY Due to a lack of standard definition for the hearing disability, the legal rights of the hearing impaired are not fully functional. However, the have their educational and vocational rights in the laws. The lack of standards for hearing disability types leads to legal malpractices for the disabled.

  13. Graphic 6: Social Security Administration for Hearing Disabled

  14. Graphic 7 : Hearing Disability Benefiting From Official Care

  15. Educational Life of The Hearing Impaired

  16. Turkish Education System

  17. * According to 2002 General Population Statistics; There were (approximately) 72.000hearing disabled inprimary school age. *In 2007 there areonly 49primary schools for Hearing Disabledin whole country

  18. According to 2002 General Population Statistics; *There were (approximately) 87.000hearing disabled in high school age. * In 2007 there are15vocational high schools for Hearing Disabled

  19. According to 2002 General Population Statistics; * There were (approximately) 96.000hearing disabled in university ages. (Source: www.ozida.gov.tr) *(approximately %1 of them can go to Two-Year-Vocational Schools and universities)

  20. 1 664 364 students studied in 76 universities in Turkey in 2000-2001 academic year. SOURCE: (www.yok.gov.tr) Thus;Max. 960 Hearing Disabled can go to university in the same academic year. ( We have no certain scientific data)

  21. Graphic 8: Educational situation of Hearing Disabled in 2006-2007 Educational Term

  22. Graphic 9: The Rate of Hearing Disabled in the different level of education

  23. Graphic 10 : Education Situation of the Hearing Impaired

  24. Vocational and Skill Courses Taken by the Deaf in Turkey A SPECIAL RESEARCH IN 2002 AND RESULTS ABOUT “INSTITUTIONS PROVIDING EDUCATION SERVICES TO THE HEARING (IMPAIRED) DISABLED INDIVIDUALS IN TURKEY” We may find out institutions educating the impaired in Turkey from results of researches carried out in general for the impaired individual in Turkey. (www.ozida.gov.tr) *They asked to 249.133 Hearing Disabled, only 404 of them said “ we have taken vocational skill courses” *Thus we can say only, 1 % of hearing Disabled used to avail these courses.

  25. Activities of THEMINISTRY OF LABOUR AND SOCIAL SECURITY TURKISH EMPLOYMENT ASSOCIATION GENERAL DIRECTORATE JOB AND PROFESSION COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR THE DISABLED

  26. Job and profession counselling services are provided in centres under Employment Association Directorates in 42 cities across the country. Given these facts, the disabled seem to receive counselling. But unfortunately, this is just theoretical, not practiced)

  27. Working Age Population(approx.): % 26.4 of whole population is: 15- 64 Ages ( Source:www.buluyon.com.tr) (it means: 18.900.000 people) %40 of Hearing Disabled in working age ( Source: www.ozida.gov.tr) (It means : 250.000 people) * %1 OF WORKING AGE POPULATION IS HEARING DISABLED

  28. WORKING LIFE OF THE HEARING IMPAIRED INDIVIDUAL Following Table shows impaired individuals’ reasons for unemployment in Turkey. 18.2 % of the Hearing Impaired are evaluated as unable to work. It might not be wrong to conclude that the impaired is limited to reach to working life, based on these values, for only 16.8 % of the Seeing Impaired could work, though only 15.4 % of them were evaluated as “unable to work”. In other words, impaired having a “able to work” report do not reach the working life. To summarize, impaired individuals are isolated in home and limited to reach the public sphere and exist over there.

  29. STUDIES ON TURKISH SIGN LANGUAGE Despite the fact that the disabled students were integrated in the regular education system since the 1950s and special schools for the disabled have been established, a method based on lip reading forcing to speak and a communication method supported with body language were emphasised.

  30. Later, (1950) Turkish Sign Language was created in order to support the educational lives of the hearing impaired. Nevertheless, the observation that the hearing impaired communicate among themselves using sign language required more attention to the sign language in 2005.

  31. The sign language used in Turkey does not have a national characteristic yet and therefore the signs and their meanings can be different in different parts of the country.

  32. The procedures and principles for the creation and application of the Turkish Sign Language were published in the Official Gazette in 2006 and put into effect under full authority of Turkish Language Association and Ministry of National Language (Official Gazette Issue: 26139). Studies are still in progress on this matter.

  33. Graphic 11: The Ratio of Sign Language Competent Disabled

  34. Vogs Turkey Application ( WP I ) ACTION 1 :VOGS Project was analyzed in general, and the duties and responsibilities of the group members were determined.

  35. RESULTS: Prj.Manager: TO; cooperation, research, Apply Vogs I, interviews, inquires and report Prj Technicien: TO;finans, translate,web page Sub Cont.with the Education and Rehabilitation Centre: To audiologic tests Sign Lang.expert: Translate Vogs to sign lang. Target Groups:Schools,Factories and Guidance Research Centres’ Counsellors for deaf GRC: To; research and adaptation tests

  36. ACTION 2 :Literature survey about the hearing impaired RESULTS:You can see (as a product) a research REPORT OF HEARING DISABILITY IN TURKEY is presented underneath and Sign Language CD .

  37. WP II ACTION 1 :Realized a First National Meeting on the 14th December 2007, as the first step of the project. Everyone, who was interested in the problems in educational, social and work life of the deaf people, and who was trying to find a way to solve these problems by providing guidance, was invited to this meeting.

  38. RESULTS: 1-The definition and perception of hearing disability differs across the institutions and lacks a set standard. 2- Legal arrangements looks sufficient, but different definitions and perception of hearing disability make some difficulties in the legal arrengements. 3-Limited academic researches in terms of hearing impaired individuals in Turkey.

  39. 3-Bursais important city for hearing Disabled, because of has one of the Vocational High Schools for the Hearing Disabled, one of the most successful ones comprising one elementary and secondary school too and provides specific services especially to elementary education level children together with Nilüfer District National Education Direction Guidance and Research Centre (GRC) (in Turkish: RAM ).

  40. 4-Another important point is the non-existence of grounds where the hearing impaired can benefit from all his/her rights together with all other impaired individuals in the practice, daily life, working life, educational life and in full participation to social life, though legal arrangements are more or less sufficient in the country.

  41. 5- In Turkey, Sign Language used between the hearing impaired is not a real sign Language because it hasn’t got enough specifications to make it a language. Therefore, this kind of communication might only be regarded as “sign” or “body language”, not “sign language”. 6- We haven’t got any special counsellors and counselling processes for the hearing impaired in our working places and schools.

  42. 7- While laws are preserving hearing impaired’s places in books, good and adequate applications to support them are very limited for institutions due practical difficulties namely; -additional costs -shortage in qualified personnel for supporting services -additional work loads -need for special time, special person and special equipment and difficulties to set apart and assign them

  43. ACTION 2:The Research Of Hearing (Impaired ) Disabled Students In Uludağ University. We used special inquiry , based on replies to the question “do you have any health problem / physical handicap preventing the following of your education on normal conditions?” * Inquiry applyed to (2424) Uludağ University’s Vocational Shool Students We take information from schools managers for the other 35 000students by vice rector’s letter.

  44. RESULTS: In 2005-2006 …. 25 hearing impaired students In 2006-2007 … 18 the hearing impaired students In 2007-2008 … 15 the hearing impaired students in Uludağ University it decreased to … 12 students Ps.:1 student finished , 1 of them left the school during the research and 1 of them refused to participate.

  45. ACTION 3: Before to take information directly from Hearing Disabled about their needs and to understand their idea and satisfaction degree about Guidance Services thatgives for them,to make preinterviewwith the sample groups,to explain our purpose and take their hearing problem history by a psychologist with a standart form and to know their hearing level by an audiologist.

  46. RESULTS: Interviews with students from Uludağ University and their family and Nilüfer Vocational High School for the Deaf were carried out by the GRC. * (The results can be found in the book.)

  47. RESULTS:

  48. ACTION 4:Audiologic tests for the students from Uludağ University (9) and Nilüfer Vocational High School for the Deaf (6) were carried out. RESULT:* (The results can be found in the book.)

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