Effects of interactive psychotherapy on literal comprehension of the girl-child with psychogenic hearing impairment

Lengnen Jurmang Jikukka, Sylvia Matlong Mbai, Linda Jurmang

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This study examined effects of Interactive Psychotherapy on literal comprehension of girl-child with psychogenic hearing impairment. The specific objective is to find the degree to which Interactive Psychotherapy can improve the literal comprehension of the girl-child with psychogenic hearing impairment; using the pretest-posttest design research which is true experimental research. The population was forty (40) girl-children with psychogenic hearing impairment. The sample size was twelve (12). Teacher Made Literal Comprehension Test (TMLCT) was the instrument used to obtain data in this research. The intervention (Interactive Psychotherapy) was given and data were collected and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics comprising of simple percentages, frequencies and tables to answer the research question. The hypothesis was tested using t-Test Analysis. The results revealed that Interactive Psychotherapy bettered the acquisition of literal comprehension of the girl-child with psychogenic hearing impairment. This study concluded that Interactive Psychotherapy change the degree of Literal Comprehension to a high degree and recommended that Interactive Psychotherapy should be encouraged to meet the special needs of the girl-child with psychogenic hearing impairment.

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