| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺南大學 === 輔助科技研究所 === 98 === The purpose of the study is to investigate the relationships among Internet-using
behavior and self-concept in hearing-impaired students at junior high school. Personal variables in this study include grade level, gender, degree of hearing loss, hearing aids, the attitude of parents towards their children’s access to the Internet,
Internet using behavior and self-concept. Each factor is studied to examine the
correlations between individual variables. The questionnaire is used as a research instrument for this study, as well as interviews with the hearing-impaired students at junior high school, to comprehend Internet-using situations. The 52 samples are hearing-impaired students at junior high school in Kaohsiung City. The instruments include “A Questionnaire of Internet-using Behavior and Self-concept among the Hearing-impaired Students at Junior High School “ and “A Questionnaire of Self-concept among Students at Junior High School.” The data obtained is analyzed with frequency distribution, t-test, and one-way ANOVA.
The main findings of this study are as follows:
1. 30.6% of hearing-impaired students at junior high school in Kaohsiung City
spend one to two hours on the Internet every time. 36.7% of them use the Internet once to twice per week. 44.9% of them have used the Internet for more than six years. 61.2% of them often get on the Internet at home. Searching for data is what they usually do on the Internet. The Internet sites often used are search engines.
2. Hearing-impaired students at junior high school generally formulate positive self-concept.
3. There is no difference in Internet-using behavior in terms of gender, grade level, degree of hearing-loss and the attitude of parents towards their children’s access to the Internet.
4. The time students with cochlear implants spend on the Internet is significantly more than the time students with hearing aids spend on the Internet.
5. There is no difference in self-concept in terms of gender, grade level, degree of hearing-loss and the attitude of parents towards their children access to the Internet.
6. Self-concept among students who often use chatrooms and friend-making sites on the Internet is significantly better that among those who don’t.
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