Social Identity of Students with Hearing Impairment in a Technical University

Abstract

The article is devoted to topical issues of social identity formation of students with hearing impairment in a technical university. The current level of technology gives the possibility to compensate for hearing impairment and creates preconditions for the integration of hard-of-hearing people into society. It is shown that the specific social identity of students with a deaf community, the perception of deafness as a "special cultural status" can hinder motivation to integrate, to use modern technical means, for the development of social and professional competencies. The article highlights the mature and diffuse social identity of students, describes their behavioral manifestations in communication, in the educational process and in professional activities. It is concluded that special measures are needed to form the social identity of students with hearing impairment.