dc.contributor.author	Williams, Kathleen Elizabeth
dc.coverage.spatial	United States	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2021-06-14T21:01:11Z
dc.date.available	2021-06-14T21:01:11Z
dc.date.issued	2021-05
dc.identifier.other	1E84BA26-EC18-7ABD-491A-C81D035208FC	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10428/4793
dc.description.abstract	Due to the self-reported number of students with a hearing disability in post-secondary technical education, students with hearing loss are not formally self-disclosing their disability and, therefore, are not requesting accommodations. To determine the root cause of the low self-report rate for hearing disabilities, this study explores the self-disclosure behavior of adult students with hearing loss and their attitudes toward requesting accommodations through the use of an explanatory sequential mixed-methods design. This study’s results are intended to guide policy and procedures at an institutional and system level to identify and remove barriers for students with hearing loss. Keywords: higher education, hearing impaired students, vocational education, academic accommodations, self-disclosure	en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents	Chapter I: INTRODUCTION 1 -- Statement of the Problem 3 -- Purpose of the Study 3 -- Scope of the Study 3 -- Research Questions 4 -- Conceptual Framework for the Study 5 -- Research Design 8 -- Significance of the Study 10 -- Definition of Terms 10 -- Summary 12 -- Chapter II: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK 13 -- Intersectionality 16 -- Social Identity Theory 18 -- Models of Disability 20 -- Other Social Identities 23 -- Age 23 -- Gender 24 -- Race and ethnicity 25 -- Attitudes Toward Accommodations 26 -- Disability Disclosure. 27 -- Disability Acceptance. 29 -- Academic Integrity 31 -- Accommodations Process 32 -- Summary 34 -- Chapter III: METHODOLOGY 36 -- Research Questions 36 -- Research Design 36 -- Population and Samples 38 -- Instrumentation 41 -- Online survey. 41 -- Semi-structured interviews 43 -- Data Collection 44 -- Survey Protocol 44 -- Interview Protocol 46 -- Data Analysis 48 -- Chapter IV: RESULTS 50 -- Analysis of Research Question One 50 -- Data preparation. 51 -- Demographics 51 -- Research question 1.a findings 56 -- Research question 1.b findings 73 -- Analysis of Research Question Two 85 -- Data preparation. 85 -- Demographics 85 -- Data coding processes. 86 -- Primary patterns 88 -- Conclusion 95 -- Chapter V: CONCLUSIONS 96 -- Overview 96 -- Findings 97 -- Limitations to the Study 100 -- Conclusions 102 -- Implications for Practice 108 -- Conclusion 111 -- REFERENCES 113 -- APPENDIX A: Survey components with citation justifications 130 -- APPENDIX B: List of interview questions 139 -- APPENDIX C: Raffle and interview self-identification survey wording 141 -- APPENDIX D: Request for permission to survey students and IRB approval email 143 -- APPENDIX E: Letter of introduction sent to college presidents 147 -- APPENDIX F: Email invitation to participate in survey 149 -- APPENDIX G: Email invitation to participate in interviews 151 -- APPENDIX H: List of quantitative variables 154	en_US
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dc.rights	This dissertation is protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States (Public Law 94-553, revised in 1976). Consistent with fair use as defined in the Copyright Laws, brief quotations from this material are allowed with proper acknowledgement. Use of the materials for financial gain with the author's expressed written permissions is not allowed.	en_US
dc.subject	Dissertations, Academic--United States	en_US
dc.subject	Education, Higher	en_US
dc.subject	Hearing impaired students	en_US
dc.subject	Students with disabilities--Services for	en_US
dc.subject	Vocational education	en_US
dc.title	A Mixed-Methods Study of the Relationship Between Attitude Toward Accommodations and Self-Disclosure Behavior of Students with Hearing Loss in the Technical College System	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Department of Adult and Career Education of the Dewar College of Education and Human Services	en_US
dc.description.advisor	Ott, Kenneth D.
dc.description.committee	Downey, Steven E.
dc.description.committee	Randolph, Crystal
dc.description.committee	Whisler, Vesta R.
dc.description.degree	Ed.D.	en_US
dc.description.major	Education in Adult and Career Education	en_US