Comparative Examination of Summarizing Skills of Students with and without Hearing Impairments

In this study, it was aimed to examine the cohesion level and summarizing skills of narrative texts of students with and without hearing impairment who were studying in the eighth grade. The study group consisted of 15 deaf students and 15 hearing students studying at eighth grade level in Ankara. Findings showed that there was a significant difference between students with and without hearing impairments in sub-dimensions of summarization and summarization total scores. Students with typical hearing were found to be more successful than the deaf students in terms of meeting the summarizing criteria. Students with typical hearing were found to be higher than students with hearing impairments in the sub-dimensions of the cohesion items and mean average in the frequency in using the cohesion items. There was no significant difference between students with and without hearing impairments in the subscale of subsitution of cohesion level.