Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: This study raised the following problem: How reliable and
relevant is the Inclusion for Children and Adolescents
Questionnaire (ICAQ) to measure the attitudes of children and
adolescents with cochlear implants (CIs) or hearing aids (HAs) to
inclusive education (IE) in public schools in the Canary Islands (i.e.
provinces of Gran Canaria and Tenerife)?
Method: The sample consisted of 297 students from the province of Gran
Canaria, and 137 students from the province of Tenerife with an average
of 11 years old. An exploratory factor analysis (EFA) determined the
reliability and relevance of ICAQ.
Results: The authors found four factors of students’ attitudes towards
IE: Family involvement and use of technology, Inclusion in the
centre, Communication with medical specialists and Assessment of
the support technology.
Conclusions: There were significant differences between the students
with CIs and HAs in the following factors: Inclusion in the
centre and Assessment of the support technology. The total score
of students’ attitudes towards IE was high. The factor Inclusion
in the centre had the most favourable total score of students’ original
attitudes towards IE. Communication with medical specialists was
the lowest total attitude score towards IE for students with CIs.