Title: Personality Factors and Hearing Aid Acceptance Among Students with Hearing Impairment in Kwara State School for Special Needs, Ilorin
Authors: Abdulazeez Kayode AKOREDE
Dr. Adedayo ADESOKAN
Ether Oluwatimileyin OGUNFEYITIMI
Comfort Ebunoluwa ADEWALE-OLATINKAN
Volume: 10
Issue: 8
Pages: 229-233
Publication Date: 2026/08/28
Abstract:
Hearing aid usage among students with hearing impairment in Nigerian special schools remains persistently low despite the well-documented benefits of consistent device use for academic participation, communication, and quality of life. This study investigated the influence of personality factors on hearing aid acceptance among students with hearing impairment at the Kwara State School for Special Needs, Ilorin. A descriptive survey design of a correlational type was adopted. The study population comprised all students with bilateral hearing impairment who had been prescribed hearing aids at the school, from which a census sample of 100 students was drawn. Data were collected using the Personal and Social Factors and Hearing Aid Acceptance and Usage Questionnaire (PSF-HAAQ), a researcher-developed instrument with a Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.82. Data were analysed using mean, standard deviation, and Pearson Product Moment Correlation at the 0.05 level of significance. Findings revealed that the level of self-efficacy among students was high (M = 3.40, SD = 0.51). There was no significant relationship between self-efficacy and hearing aid acceptance (r = .149, p = .139). However, there was a significant positive relationship between degree of hearing loss and hearing aid acceptance (r = .367, p < .001). The study concluded that audiological severity is a more decisive personality determinant of hearing aid behaviour than self-efficacy in the Nigerian special school context, and recommended that school-based audiological counselling and device management training programmes specifically targeting students with mild hearing loss be implemented to improve hearing aid acceptance and usage outcomes.